Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 301
Plate 31b demonstrates how a second step leads from the first wife's lower room (A) into
Abubakar's upper room (B), where we also see parts of his bed.
Plate 31a: Entry step to lower room
Plate 31b: Entry step to upper room
Plate 31c
below gives
a view from
the upper
room
across the
lower room
towards the
top passage
of the foyer
area.
We can see
the abutting
stone walls
(A) linking
the upper
and lower
rooms. We
will learn in
the
next
chapter that the beer pot for the ritual at the grave of the deceased father of the house was
temporarily kept above that double entrance during har ghwe (ritual slaughtering of a hegoat). At the bottom end we can see the wooden door (B) made of mahogany, covering half of
the entrance leading into the foyer. The close-up of Plate 31d shows the same door (B) of the
lower room, and we also see Kalakwa's granary (C) on the other side of the upper passageway
(ghar malga).
Plate 31c: View from upper room to
entrance of lower room in Kalakwa's house
Plate 31d: View from lower room to entry
from foyer in Kalakwa's house
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