Manti Messenger | 1928-06-29 | Page 3 | Strange Burial Rites in "Darkest Africa"

t i Strange Burial Rites I in Darkest Africa A strangely weird ceremony Is s performed per per- II formed by the Africa tribe on the time occasion of the time last great Phase of human experience The Tile hod body i of f the dead ead tribesman Is placed In u coffin elaborately ornamented Rith brass bruss nulls nails Tl ese are a great luxury only obtainable at a n hl high h price I front from i traders els The coflin is If carried to toI the place II nee of f burial amid the heat beat of It I toms tom m and the wild chants chants' of If time the ther who follow bringing with i r their toeur small chairs or seats A huge circle Is 15 formed around the thc l I Tin olin the headmen chant In low lot monotonous mo I Il l notorious tones tt which ore are responded to 10 by bj sonorous refrains from flom the des deceased's de de- i s ce ceased's teased's ds d's s relatives nn and friends With Witha I a huge p pyre re crackling In the fast fast- dusk usk and the sparks flying g I upward I the he scene Is not easily for for- I gotten Another evil ll spirit has b been en I called to its reward the thc natives es say A r l frilly fitting and yet et how sn sad I Is this i of J these Darkest Africans r eo