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Warriors wear on the forehead the genitals of enemies they have killed ; these may
also be hung over the door and left till they drop off. 18 For the most part the Galla
dp not wear ear-rings, 19 but Arusi men wear small copper rings in their ears, 20 and
Mata who kill elephants give gold ear-rings to their wives. 21 Necklaces range from
simple strings of beads to broad bands composed of numbers of such strings ; Arusi
women wear neckbands of hippopotamus hide. Men may wear a plain gut cord round
the neck. 22 Armlets are much worn, and ivory and horn armlets on a man always
denote recognition of bravery. The armlet called maldd may be worn only by those
who have killed five men, five buffaloes, and five lions 23 ; that called irbora or ilbora
is worn on the upper arm by men who have killed an elephant 24 or an enemy. 25 In
Wallaga both men and women wear circular ivory armlets of distinctive patterns,
some of those worn by men having alternating rings of white and darkened ivory ;
women were seen with six armlets of ivory and 42 of brass. 26 Arusi women wear
copper neck rings and necklaces of glass beads 27 ; men wear copper toe-rings and
large tin rings on the thumbs. 28

The Galla are fond of anointing their bodies with [deleted]. A man, however, must
earn the right to this practice ; not even his first success in battle gives him the right,
and in fact after this he is called ballesa (“ blunderer ”) till he succeeds in performing
a second act of bravery. Hence ballesa are much feared because of their eagerness
to acquire the coveted right to anoint their bodies. 29

[Dr D]

MAIN CULTURAL FEATURES






69


Warriors wear on the forehead the genitals of enemies they have killed ; these may
also be hung over the door and left till they drop off. 18 For the most part the Galla
dp not wear ear-rings, 19 but Arusi men wear small copper rings in their ears, 20 and
Mata who kill elephants give gold ear-rings to their wives. 21 Necklaces range from
simple strings of beads to broad bands composed of numbers of such strings ; Arusi
women wear neckbands of hippopotamus hide. Men may wear a plain gut cord round
the neck. 22 Armlets are much worn, and ivory and horn armlets on a man always
denote recognition of bravery. The armlet called maldd may be worn only by those
who have killed five men, five buffaloes, and five lions 23 ; that called irbora or ilbora
is worn on the upper arm by men who have killed an elephant 24 or an enemy. 25 In
Wallaga both men and women wear circular ivory armlets of distinctive patterns,
some of those worn by men having alternating rings of white and darkened ivory ;
women were seen with six armlets of ivory and 42 of brass. 26 Arusi women wear
copper neck rings and necklaces of glass beads 27 ; men wear copper toe-rings and
large tin rings on the thumbs. 28

The Galla are fond of anointing their bodies with [deleted]. A man, however, must
earn the right to this practice ; not even his first success in battle gives him the right,
and in fact after this he is called ballesa (“ blunderer ”) till he succeeds in performing
a second act of bravery. Hence ballesa are much feared because of their eagerness
to acquire the coveted right to anoint their bodies. 29

Brother Bend Over and you will find out for sure

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[banebris2013]

MAIN CULTURAL FEATURES


69


Warriors wear on the forehead the genitals of enemies they have killed ; these may
also be hung over the door and left till they drop off. 18 For the most part the Galla
dp not wear ear-rings, 19 but Arusi men wear small copper rings in their ears, 20 and
Mata who kill elephants give gold ear-rings to their wives. 21 Necklaces range from
simple strings of beads to broad bands composed of numbers of such strings ; Arusi
women wear neckbands of hippopotamus hide. Men may wear a plain gut cord round
the neck. 22 Armlets are much worn, and ivory and horn armlets on a man always
denote recognition of bravery. The armlet called maldd may be worn only by those
who have killed five men, five buffaloes, and five lions 23 ; that called irbora or ilbora
is worn on the upper arm by men who have killed an elephant 24 or an enemy. 25 In
Wallaga both men and women wear circular ivory armlets of distinctive patterns,
some of those worn by men having alternating rings of white and darkened ivory ;
women were seen with six armlets of ivory and 42 of brass. 26 Arusi women wear
copper neck rings and necklaces of glass beads 27 ; men wear copper toe-rings and
large tin rings on the thumbs. 28

The Galla are fond of anointing their bodies with [deleted]. A man, however, must
earn the right to this practice ; not even his first success in battle gives him the right,
and in fact after this he is called ballesa (“ blunderer ”) till he succeeds in performing
a second act of bravery. Hence ballesa are much feared because of their eagerness
to acquire the coveted right to anoint their bodies. 29

Hi Rev,
Your obsession of demeaning anything related to oromo is sickness. Obviously you suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. The good news is that oromo never cared about anything that comes from people like you. The bad news is your disorder will get worse as long as oromos and oromia are in your head.

[DefendTheTruth]

ye ante na ye iskinder nega and lay techefliko, le becha tinish hono and alakil silale.

Teredah?

[Masud]

Revelations,
I heard it yours. Please check.
If yours is there it must be that of Meter Artist Afework.

[banebris2013]

Revelations,
I heard it yours. Please check.
If yours is there it must be that of Meter Artist Afework.

Rev is using his tongue as he lost it some where in the south. That is the reason for his extreme hate of oromos and people of the south.

[Revelations]

No one can claim the fact that prof. Asmerom didn't know what he was wearing.

[Masud]

This is for Revelations,
This will explode him and make him out of function then after.

[Masud]

Revelations,
If you think you can't accommodate the former one try this one.
Sorry bro-sis I don't have smaller one; you must take this one.

[Revelations]

Prof. Asmerom Legesse is also Abba Gadda which means he's initiated into the system. Does he have kids? Did he have them before he was circumcised or after? If they were born before his circumcision, he might have forgotten to throw them out as required by the gaddaa system. What is to be done now to those children?

[Revelations]

Abandonment of Children

Bahrey attributes to the Galla of the 16th century the custom of abandoning the
children of uncircumcised fathers, adding that after being circumcised they reared
the boys but continued to abandon the girls for two or three years afterwards. 36
Almeida says " for the first six or seven years after they marry they cast away in the
open country all the sons and daughters born to them, and leave them to die of sheer
neglect. If it happens that someone wants to take care of one of these outcasts from
pity, and save its life, they consider him not merely as an enemy, but as an accursed
and devilish person.” 37 Recent statements about this custom are conflicting.
De Salviac says that children are not abandoned. 38 Guidi ascribes the abandonment,
mainly of the eldest child if it is a daughter, to the Borana and Arusi, as well as to
some of the Sidama (Walamo, Hadya). 39 Cerulli says that it was the custom, now
almost extinct, to abandon daughters whom the father considered superfluous. The
baby was called gata, “ thrown away,” and if not adopted by another family, was given
to the slave-traders. The father was allowed to abandon it at any time during the
first 40 days after its birth, or on its second birthday. 40 Prins suggests that the custom
may have been due to the rule of not allowing uncircumcised men, though married,
to have children. 41

[Revelations]

He meant to say "it gifted me with dead man's pe.nis!"