BARI
, a tribe of Nilotic negroes, living on the See also:banks of the upper See also:Nile some 200 M
.
N. of See also:Albert See also:Nyanza
.
They have as neighbours the See also:Dinka to the See also:north, the See also:Madi to the See also:south, and the Galla to the See also:east
.
The men are tall and thin, the See also:women See also:fat and under See also:middle height
.
Their See also:colour is a deep dead See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown
.
The men and unmarried girls go practically naked, the married • women wearing a goatskin dyed red
.
The See also:body is ornamented with red See also:clay and the See also:lower incisors are often extracted
.
Their See also:sole See also:wealth is See also:cattle and their See also:chief See also:food See also:milk and See also:blood; See also:meat is only eaten when a cow happens to See also:die
.
They live in See also:round grass huts with conical See also:roofs
.
Twins are considered unlucky, the See also:mother is divorced by her See also:husband and her See also:family must refund See also:part of the See also:marriage-See also:price
.
The dead are buried in the hut; a square See also:grave is dug in which the body is arranged in a sitting position with the hands tied behind the back
.
The most important men in the See also:country are the rainmakers, who are reverenced even more than the chiefs, and, indeed, are famous among the surrounding tribes
.
The Bari warriors have been much recruited for the See also:Egyptian See also:army and were formerly used as slave-hunters by the Arab traders
.
See See also:Sir See also:Samuel See also:Baker, The Albert N'yanza (See also:London, 1866) ; See also:Friedrich See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
Muller, Die Sprache der Bari (See also:Vienna, 1864)'; G
.
Casati, Ten Years in Equatoria (London, 1891); W
.
See also:Junker, Travels in See also:Africa (See also:English ed., 1890-1892) ; R
.
C
.
See also:Owen, Bari See also:Grammar (1908)
.
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