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...grandfather, who was also born in this area, belonged to the small Ndebele tribe which came under the "protection" of the Boers when they were threatened by the warlike Zulus. Says Van Tonder: "My people saved the Ndebele from extermination." Last weekend there was a three-day feast and tribal dancing in honor of Mahlangu's 13-year-old daughter, who was welcomed into adulthood by delegations of Ndebele from nearby farms and villages. The Mahlangus' house of thick adobe, which has running water but no electricity, had been exuberantly painted in bold white-and-yellow designs...
With the break of dawn yesterday, the tenth of Dhu'l-Hijja, Moslems all over the world rise to celebrate the Bairam Feast. All head for the mosques to perform the feast's congregational morning prayers. The financially able have lambs slaughtered in memory of God's merciful exchange of a lamb for Abraham's intended sacrifice of his son. The meat is then distributed to the poor, the needy relations, and neighbors, leaving one-third for the family. Children eagerly put on their new clothes and collect a bonus allowance to spend during the feast holiday. Families exchange visits...
Amoozin' but confoozin', as Daisy Mae might fret. The frost is on the turnip down in Dogpatch, but no date has yet been set yet for this year's Sadie Hawkins Day, that highly moveable feast on which Marryin' Sam will obligingly hitch a fleet-hoofed gal to any hapless bachelor she can catch. Finally, at Daisy Mae's insistence, Cartoonist Al Capp hisself makes a rare appearance in the strip to schedule the prenuptial foot race for Nov. 26. Snorts a disgusted Li'l Abner: "Ha!-Any day is okay when...
Alexander's Feast-Busch-Reisinger...
...glaring weakness sticks out, however. Game 2 and 3 starters Larry Christenson and Jim Lonborg are less than superb, so the pitches they serve up could make for a Dodger feast...