The |goo or ≠gebbi-gu

The |goo or ≠gebbi-gu

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The ≠gebbi-ggu, as performed among the Grass Bushmen, was described by /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-22. 7978 and 7979).</i> A description of the <i>/goo</i>, or the <i>≠gebbi-gu</i>, dance. Women clap their hands while the men call to them like the male ostrich. The women sing while the men call.

1) p.7977v: the call of the male and female ostrich, 2) See also <i>The story of the lions and the ostriches (when they were people) </i>and<i> Baboons dance the ≠gebbi-gu </i>and<i> Baboons and the ≠gebbi-ggu</i>, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-22

story

12 November 1878

Custom and daily life

dance ( the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

dance ( performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

dance ( a description of the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

dance ( in which men imitate the call of the ostrich )

|goo ( or ≠gebbi-gu )

|goo ( performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

|goo ( a description of )

|goo ( what men and women do in )

|goo ( a dance )

|goo ( the men call like an ostrich in )

|goo ( the women sing and clap in )

ostrich ( its call imitated in the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

≠gebbi-gu ( or |goo )

≠gebbi-gu ( a dance performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

Grass Bushman ( dance the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

men ( imitate the call of the ostrich in the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

men ( and a dance performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

women ( sing and clap in the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

women ( a dance performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

song ( sung in the |goo or ≠gebbi-gu )

song ( in which the call of the ostrich is imitated by men )

song ( a dance performed by the 'Grass Bushmen' )

7978-7979