Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-11 | Page 28 | Superstition in Africa

Superstition In Africa Afric t tAt At a place called Kotron on the French Ivory Coast of or Africa JUrica the tho na natives natives tives lives believe that to cat eat or destroy destro a turtle would mean death to the guilty one or sickness In his family The Thu fetich men declare that years rears ago aso a aman aman aman man went to sea fishing In the night his canoe was thrown upon the beach empty empt Three days afterward a huge deep dee sea ea turtle came camo ashore at the Clue same place with the man on Its Us back alive and well If rr a turtle happens now to bo washed ashore there Is a great commotion In the Clue town First Firt the women sit down on tho the beach and anti start singing and beating sticks slicks next next a small piece of white cloth la is placed place on the turtles back Food Is prepared and placed upon the tho cloth This food generally consists of plantains rice and andI palm oil Then with more singing I dancing and antics of or the fetich people the tho turtle is carried back into the sea