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	The annual customs of Dahomey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Every year in the Kingdom of Dahomey, a huge festival in honor of the ancestors was organized called the annual "customs".
		On the day of customs, any commoner could bring complaints of any nature against anyone in the kingdom, the king included, with the promise that he or she would not be punished.
		Answers from the council of dead kings to the queries posed by the messengers were given through divination: either by tossing cowry shells or seed pods and marking the results on dust-coated Fa boards, or by spirit possession of vodun adepts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_annual_customs_of_Dahomey (280 words)

	Dahomey - LoveToKnow 1911
		Dahomey is bounded S. by the Gulf of Guinea, E. by Nigeria (British), N. and N.W. by the French possessions on the middle Niger, and W. by the German colony of Togoland.
		Inland in Dahomey proper are Abomey, the ancient capital, Allada, Kana (formerly the country residence and burial-place of the kings of Dahomey) and Dogba.
		The Dahomey railway from Kotonu to the Niger is of metre gauge (3.28 ft.).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dahomey (4882 words)

	ooBdoo
		The origins of Dahomey can be traced back to a group of Aja from the coastal kingdom of Allada who moved northwards and settled among the Fon people of the interior.
		Nevertheless, Agadja was unable to defeat the neighbouring kingdom of Oyo, Dahomey's chief rival in the slave trade, and in 1730, he became a tributary of Oyo, though he still managed to maintain Dahomey's independence.
		The kings of Dahomey sold their war captives into transatlantic slavery, who otherwise would have been killed in a ceremony known as the Annual Customs.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Dahomey (770 words)

	The Dahomey Amazons
		The folktales of the Dahomey are intimately related to the twin theory.
		Customs was a huge festival every year honoring their ancestors in which the society offered sacrifices of prisoners and animals, conducted ceremonies, and exchanged gifts.
		They saw the training of the guards and the different “customs” the Dahomey had, but their access to the palace was limited.
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/amazons/dahomey2.htm (1673 words)

	Sacrifice - LoveToKnow 1911
		In less developed creeds the difference tends to remain in the background; but where sacrifices are found, solemn annual rites, communal, purificatory or expiatory, are celebrated, and these are held to be in like manner obligatory.
		Many animal sacrifices were known; of especial importance is the annual sacrifice of a goat on the Acropolis, though at other times the animal was not permitted to enter the temple.
		Important features of Greek sacrifice, though not necessarily found in every rite, were the putting of wreaths and pieces of wool on the victim, the gilding of its horns, the lustration of the officiant and the sprinkling of those present with holy water.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sacrifice (6871 words)

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		Important features of Greek sacrifice, though not necessarily found in every rite, were the putting of wreaths and pieces of wool on the victim, the gilding of its horns, the lustration of the officiant and the sprinkling of those present.with holy water.
		Among human sacrifices may be mentioned the suttee, or custom of immolating a widow on the funeral pyre of the husband, and the Khond sacrifice of the Meriah, who was either purchased or the son of a victim father.
		Hence, after all the offerings had been collected, and before they were solemnly offered to God, it became a custom to recite the names both of the offerers and of those for whom they offered, the names being arranged in two lists, which were known as diptychs.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=58232 (6610 words)

	Dahomey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dahomey reached the height of its power and prestige during the heyday of the Atlantic slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Dahomey kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin.
		The Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey, in West Africa, is territorially identical with the French colony of the...
	amazonwarrior.qophwarrior.com /dahomeyznj (896 words)

	7 Dahomey
		During the Yoruba wars (this is when Dahomey ended its subordination to Oyo), many slaves were acquired by trade with one or other of the sides in that essentially civil war.
		- Dahomey was very reluctant to give up the slave trade in the 19th C and continued to carry on a clandestine trade past the mid-19th C. - Dahomey was probably the most highly centralised state in Africa;it was an almost perfect example of absolute monarchy—beyond France under Louis XIV.
		Dahomey even had a system for taking annual census (in a non-literate society!), not only of people, but also of animals, crops, etc. (they used bags with coloured stones to represent numbers and quantities); this information was used to levy what amounted to an income tax!
	husky1.stmarys.ca /~wmills/course316/7Dahomey.html (1090 words)

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		Dahomey was defeated in a series of campaigns between 1730 and 1750, and a tribute was imposed.
		They held sensitive and influential posts and the custom presumably ensured their loyalty, but it also allowed the Alafin to fill key positions with his own men on his accession.
		Dahomey was left virtually autonomous apart from the tribute fixed in 1748, though the Alafin might make other demands if he felt he could get away with them (Law, 1977: 165-8; cf.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /YorubaT/yt2.html (9513 words)

	The Avalon Project : Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia - Lecture I
		It was not the custom for the bridegrooms to go in search of their wives; they received them from the hands of the parents of the women, and they then paid the sum of money previously agreed upon.
		The Kilbenen were abolished, by law (3) but another custom*, in direct antagonism to morality, continued to exist all over the northern cantons of Switzerland and in the southern provinces of Wurtemberg and of Baden.
		I mean the custom known under the name of Kirchgang or Dorfgehen, which, according to the popular songs, consisted in nothing else than the right of a bachelor to become the lover of some young girl, and that quite openly, and with the implied consent of the parents of his sweetheart.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/econ/koval1.htm (5914 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Annual Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first volume of the Annual Register recapitulates the beginning of the Seven Years' War.
		The Annual Register (originally subtitled "A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year...") is a chronicle of British and world history published annually since 1758.
		It was founded by Edmund Burke (who was its editor for many years) and Robert Dodsley and has had many different publishers since.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Annual_Register (111 words)

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		The season usually selected for expeditions was from January to March, or immediately after the annual” Customs.” The Amazons were carefully trained, and the king was in the habit of holding “autumn maneuvers” for the benefit of foreigners.
		Dahomey Warfare When Dahomey went into battle it was in an arc formation with the most important chief on the right and lesser chiefs on the left wing.
		The annual Reports issued by the British, Foreign, and French Colonial Offices may be consulted, and the Bibliographic raisonnie des ouvrages concernani le Dahomey, by A. Pawlowski (Paris, 1895), is a useful guide to the literature of the country to that date.
	www.theheliograph.com /article_dahomey_war.doc (4815 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Fetishism
		Historians of civilization, impressed by the fact that many customs of savages are also found in the highest stages of civilized life, concluded that the development of the race could best be understood by taking the savage level as a starting-point.
		Before every house in Whydah, the seaport of Dahomey, one may perceive a cone of baked clay, the apex of which is discoloured with libations of palm-oil, etc. To the end of their lives the people keep on multiplying, renewing, or altering these fetishes.
		to the sacred crocodiles of the Niger Delta; to the spirits of the oil-rivers on the upper Guinea coast, where annual sacrifices of a maiden were made for success in foreign commerce; the thousands of captives killed at the "annual custom" of Dahomey for the safety of the king and nation.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06052b.htm (6586 words)

	NYPL Digital Gallery \| Africana & Black History
		Africa, containing a description of the manners and customs, with some historical particulars of the Moors of the Zahara, and of the Negro nations between the rivers Senegal and Gambia.
		The annual meeting and convention, held in the city of Albany, New York, May 26, 1892.
		Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year the king o....
	digitalgallery.nypl.org /nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&collection_list=AfricanaBlackHistory&col_id=147 (3914 words)

	Benin (03/06)
		Annual rainfall in the coastal area averages 36 cm.
		Europeans began arriving in the area in the 18th century, as the kingdom of Dahomey was expanding its territory.
		Recent heightened enforcement of Nigerian customs regulations, an unfavorable exchange rate with the Naira and difficulties at Cotonou’s port have contributed to the economic downturn.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/b/63666.htm (2961 words)

	THE REIGN OF DAHOMEY
		The folktales of the Dahomey are originated from the twin theory.
		Customs was a huge festival every year honoring their ancestors was organized where they offered sacrifices, conducted ceremonies, and exchanged gifts.
		They saw the training of the guards and the different “customs” the Dahomey had, but their access to the palace was limited.
	people.uncw.edu /deagona/amaz/dahomey.htm (1505 words)

	The annual customs
		An annual event taking which took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey
		Every year a huge festival in honor of the ancestors was organized, the annual "customs".
		Vodun practitioners and diviners, called bokono in Fon[?] or babaloa in Yoruba, would be in attendance to assist in determining the divine will for policy.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_annual_customs.html (233 words)

	Africa and Slavery 1500-1800 by Sanderson Beck
		Allada became the Dahomey capital for the next thirteen years, and the new kingdom of Ajase later became known as Porto Novo.
		Dahomey prince Tegbesu went to Oyo as a hostage, and each king married the other's daughter.
		Dahomey's monopoly on slave trading became its main source of income, and in 1733 Agaja appointed one Yovogan for trading with all the Europeans.
	www.san.beck.org /1-13-Africa1500-1800.html (22906 words)

	Newfoundland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Internally, most of its population was spread widely around a rugged coastline in small outport settlements, many of them a long distance from larger centers of population and isolated for long periods by winter ice or bad weather.
		In March, the annual seal hunt (of the harp seal) takes place.
		French West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey, French Sudan (Mali), Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) and French Togoland and James Island (The Gambia)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newfoundland (3440 words)

	Agonglo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He succeeded his father, Kplinga, and ruled from 1789 to 1797.
		Agonglo made several reforms which pleased his subjects: taxes were lowered, and a greater distribution of gifts was made during the annual customs.
		He reformed the shape of the asen, bringing the innovation of having the offering surface supported by ribs rather than a metal cone, typical of the earlier Allada style altars.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Agonglo (155 words)

	DAHOMEY (Fr. Dahome) - Online Information article about DAHOMEY (Fr. Dahome)
		Sudan, the districts of Fada N'Gurma and Say, lying north of Borgu, were added to Dahomey, but in 1907 they were transferred to Upper Senegal-Niger, with which colony they are closely connected both geographically and ethnographically.
		The " Customs " appear to date from the middle of the 17th century, and were of two kinds: the grand Customs performed on the death of a king; and the See also:
		cannibalism was a sequel of the Customs, the bodies of the slaughtered being roasted and devoured smoking hot.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DAH_DEM/DAHOMEY_Fr_Dahome_.html (5456 words)

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		The Dahoman, like almost all semi-barbarians, considers a numerous family the highest blessing.” The peculiar worship of Legba consisted of propitiating his or her characteristics by unctions of palm oil, and near every native door stood a clay Legba-pot of cooked maize and palm oil, which got eaten by the turkey-buzzard or vulture.
		Of their strength, however, there was no question, and Burton says that all the women of Dahomey are physically superior to the men, which accounts for the employment of so many of them as soldiers.
		This is called the “Grand Customs.” Every year, moreover, decorum exacts that the firstfruits of war and all criminals should be sent as recruits to swell the king’s retinue.
	www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Biography/losrb12.htm (2028 words)

	Cowry - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Cowry shells are sometimes used in a way similar to dice, e.g., in board games like Pachisi, or in divination (cf.
		Ifá and the annual customs of Dahomey).A number of shells (6 or 7 in Pachisi) are thrown, with those landing aperture upwards indicating the actual number rolled.
		The Ojibway aboriginal people in North America used the cowry shells (which they called sacred Megis Shells or whiteshells), in Medewin ceremonies, and the Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada is named after this type of shell.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cowry (361 words)

	Agonglo was the eighth King of Dahomey Dahomey He succeeded... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Agonglo was the eighth King of Dahomey Dahomey He succeeded...
		"Agonglo" was the eighth King of Dahomey Dahomey.
		Agonglo made several reforms which pleased his subjects: taxes were lowered, and a greater distribution of gifts was made during the annual customs the annual customs.
	www.biodatabase.de /Agonglo (199 words)

	The 12 Kings of Dahomey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The French were successful in negotiating with Glele and receiving a grant for a customs and commerce concession in Cotonou during his reign.
		The French war machine justified the aggression by characterizing the Dahomeans as savages in need of civilizing, and pointing to what it called the "human sacrifice" of the annual customs and at a king's death, and to the continued practice of slavery, as evidence of this savagery.
		Further, the French officer at issue was allegedly the head of French military intelligence who committed the 'savage' act of corrupting family members to betray their own --an unthinkable evil in Dahomean society; the abosi was reduced to using her teeth after her ammunition ran out at the battle's peak.
	newafrikanvodun.com /12kings.html (3046 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - State Party Report - Benin
		This situation deprives custom of all significance, and the age criteria laid down are ignored.
		As a general rule, and in accordance with article 184 of the Dahomey Code of Customary Law, a child born of an adulterous relationship becomes part of the family, not of the lover, but of the husband; he or she is treated as a legitimate child.
		In contrast, parents are recognized by custom and practice as having the right to inflict corporal punishment on children within reason.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/7cec89369c43a6dfc1256a2a0027ba2a/32b03e4fdb25a21c802565150059a89c?OpenDocument (13046 words)

	Robur the Conqueror: Chapter XV
		On the horizon was the confused outline of the Kong mountains in the kingdom of Dahomey.
		It is celebrated for the frightful cruelties which signalize its annual festivals, and by its human sacrifices—fearful hecatombs intended to honor the sovereign it has lost and the sovereign who has succeeded him.
		It is even a matter of politeness when the King of Dahomey receives a visit from some high personage or some foreign ambassador to give him a surprise present of a dozen heads, cut off in his honor by the minister of justice, the “minghan,” who is wonderfully skillful in that branch of his duties.
	jv.gilead.org.il /wolcott/Roburb/15.html (3252 words)

	Untitled Document
		Comparing the mean annual rainfall of the last decades with the long-term mean (of the last century), the first proves to be lower (Koechlin 1997).
		Though the height of the flow peaks and the annual discharges may vary largely from one year to another, the timing of the peak flows is quite regular (Grove 1985a).
		Only annual plants and deciduous trees and shrubs show phonological patterns corresponding with rainfall; perennial grasses dominate the savanna when mean annual rainfall is above 700 mm; annual grasses are abundant in zones with lower annual rainfall.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/africa/108/108/chap2.htm (14096 words)

	Abusua Songs
		These are traditional songs and dances of Ghana, West Africa, and are performed with adherence to the customs and techniques that were taught to us.
		Gota was originally a war god dance of the Dahomey people of Benin.
		The drumming is also noted for the complexity of the interlocking rhythms and the two atumpan drums which are used as the lead or master drum.
	orgs.tntech.edu /abusua/pieces.htm (825 words)

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