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EUROCENTRIC WIKIPIDIA SAYS BLACK AFRICANS LEARNT CIRCUMCISION FROM ARABS AND JEWS!!WT
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MorolongMaropeng: [QB] In 1998 Johan Binneman discovered the mummified body of a San hunter in a cave in the Kouga mountains, Eastern Cape. The 2 000-year-old body was carefully wrapped in Boophone disticha bulb scales that had preserved it and protected it from insects and flesh-eating organisms (see the Archaeological Society of SA’s journal The Digging Stick, Vol.16: 2, April 1999). The name Boophone disticha comes from the Greek words bous (ox) and phonos (slaughter), as the poison in the bulb can kill an ox. Boophone disticha (Bushmans Poison in English, Boesmansgif or Gifbol in Afrikaans, Leshoma in Sesotho & Ishwadi in iSixhosa) is a perennial geophyte which may grow to 600mm tall. This is an extremely toxic bulb which grows in grassland and rocky area. The genus comprises of five or six species and is distributed throughout southern Africa to tropical Africa, but the B. disticha is the most widespread The bulb scales are most often used in most Bantu initiation ceremonies to dress circumcision wounds which are said to numb the pain among other benefits. Fresh leaves are used to stop bleeding of wounds. "The San people believe this bulb has the power to transport the dead through the doorway of the spirit to the life hereafter. For this reason it is revered and feared by the San who regard it as enormously powerful. We know this, not only from its traditional use, but also from their attitude to this plant. The Khoe-San, past and present, have always shared their knowledge of healing plants, but when it comes Boophone they go quiet. They will not discuss its powers or even go near the bulb when they see it growing in the wild." When you earnestly study the spiritual life of Bantu people, one realizes there is always an element of substitution at play. If one thing(plant) that serve a particular purpose is no longer available a new one that serve a similar purpose is revealed to the shaman. TBC [IMG]http://www.northwestgardennews.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/boophone.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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