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G. A. J. VAN DER SANDE. 



a a ja, è è ,■ 



Imbona wawa ,• 



Sia-Jw ; 



Sièaru siàara, tije tija, monje natu ri; 



Inatamine, babil misa adia ; for : inatamine, watu rusa ema) ; 



Aromaiwe for arâmaïôè), è e è; 



Aroje maihë ; 



Tidia roivè ; 



A°reje iaputarè. 



On the 4H1 of July 1903 this dance was executed on the platform (figs. 198 and 199) of Tobâdi, 



alternately by people of Tobâdi and visitors of Sëka (fig. 200). Only the want of boats, it was said, 



prevented the women frora coming. In the micldle, some men were sitting; round thèse, the dancers took 



up their places, standing at 



first separated from each other, 

 but at the beginning of the 

 first verse they caught hold of 

 each other in the manner 

 described above. Usually a 

 leader sang the first verse, after 

 which the others repeat it in 

 a much slower time. The be- 

 ginning of a verse usually is 

 sung in e, the end in c, but 

 some of the singers maintain 

 the e, the last part of the verse 

 soundinsr like a duet : 



m 



^ = 



^=f 



3 



Fig. 199. Dancers at rest; Tobâdi. 



and gradually dies out with a 

 long breath. 



During the first four verses 

 the step consisted in: ist 

 lifting the right foot, 2nd a small jump to the right, coming down on the right foot only, 3rdplacing the left 

 foot without any noise alongside the right one. With the fifth verse the step became as follows: ist placing 

 the right foot sideways, only the toes on the floor, 2nd placing the left foot with a stamp alongside the 

 right one, also lowering the right heel in an audible manner. Other steps also occurred; — of British 

 N. G., Beardmore [1890, 463] and Pôch [1906, 604] mention only slight variations in the steps. — 

 Between the verses of the same chant there was often a fairly long interval, during which, as a rule, 

 silence reigned, but some spoke to each other now and then in a subdued manner. 



Of the "lia", executed by men and women to a drum accompaniment, only one verse is known: 



Pukur anè, njane waj'a, aie. 

 The fifth dance, "Iba jondige", is executed by men, boys and girls. Of this one verse was given : 



Mater ewa, simèo ai, namoi we. 



