TODA
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- She gives us presents; cloths and three rupees.
- The women cut their hair, and stand before her.
- Marriage Song.
- Boys and girls are singing.
- Much money are they spending.
- To the girl her father is giving five buffaloes.
- The husband tells his wife that she must curl her hair.
- If her hair is curled, all the people will rejoice.
- The buffalo is slain, and now we must all dance.
- Why are not more people here? More should come.
- My buffalo is big, very big.
- Go quickly and catch it.
- The Todas are all there. They are standing in a row.
- Who will run, and catch the buffalo first?
- To him will a present of five rupees be given.
- I will go and catch it first.
- The Todas are all fighting.
- The Todas are all feasting.
- People give them rice.
- The buffalo is coming. Two men run to catch it by the neck.
- Ten men collect the buffaloes. They pen them in a kraal.
- At one o'clock we take our food.
- The buffalo is running, and I hit it on the back with a stick.
- It swerves aside, but I drive it back to the path.
- Night comes, and we all dance.
- Next morning at ten o'clock we bring out the buffalo, and slay it.
