Picture No | 10009434 |
Date | 1898 |
Description | ETHIOPIAN DEATH RITE |
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When a man of the GALLA people of ETHIOPIA dies, his sins must be washed away with the blood of a sacrificed cow, poured over his corpse before the grave is filled in
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Source | Le Clerc in Journal des Voyages 3 April 1898 page 273 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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