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rtMiiiiiiis with lit r daui^litcr kv four days after the event, then she returns 

 home, and the wife comes back to her husband's house. The husband does 

 not visit liis wife whih^ she is absent from his hut : it would be a breach 

 of etiquette to do so. 



Tliere are no ceremonies, superstitious or otherwise, before cr after the 

 biitli of a cliild. A hirge percentage of I'ganda women are childless, possibly 

 barren. When or.e woman has a second son it is considered a great event, 

 and there is a special drum beat to announce the fact to all whom it dees 

 and does not concern. This drumming is called " Xtujo," and a joyful 

 husband may kee[) it up at his own door for a })eriod of a month. The 

 ••Ntujo" is a signal to all his friends to come and rejoice and drink beer 

 witii him. A wife who has borne a second son must be presented with, 

 nothing less than a new piece of bark-cloth, costing at least Is. 4c/., as a 

 recoijnition of her achievement. 



