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Parfitt started wondering about another aspect of the Lemba's now-credible oral history: a drumlike object called the ngoma lungundu. The ngoma, according to the Lemba, was near-divine, used to store ritual objects, and borne on poles inserted into rings. It was too holy to touch the ground or to be touched by non-priests, and it emitted a "Fire of God" that killed enemies and, occasionally, Lemba. A Lemba elder told Parfitt, "[It] came from the temple in Jerusalem. We carried it down here through Africa." (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
...shuffling wave continues down Jizo-dori, past peddlers of hair nets, wigs and hairpieces, to a red "80" hanging above Echigoya, the street's oldest store. The number refers to the years the kimono seller turned women's-clothing retailer has been in business. Mr. Tamura has worked the store for 30 of them. He says that styles on the floor are now skewed for a "younger look," because women in their 60s and 70s are more fashionable than those born during the Taisho period (1912-26). Female shoppers aren't necessarily looking for deals, says Tamura, but nothing...
...that do not have to be commercial. I make heart-shaped cookies with a friend, and we send most of them to our children and grandchildren. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of sugar is an act of love. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy - if somewhat caloric. Susan Cavenagh, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
...recent days, signs in front of the store have publicized the ongoing financial difficulties of the jewelry chain, which owns three other locations in Boston—all of which are expected to close by this summer...
...sectarian civil war. Because Ankawa is situated in the relative safety of Kurdistan, the town of 20,000 has seen its population jump by a half in just a matter of years as refugees have poured in from violence further south. Osama Thomas, the owner of Love Vision, a store in Ankawa that makes wedding videos, said about 80 percent of his clients were from Baghdad (which he left in 1995), and everyone had suffered some kind of tragedy. Indeed, half of his own family has been kidnapped or killed since 2003. "That's normal in Iraq," he said...