Word: tribalized
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...living with the Indians, he was able to win their trust, and as a result the Indians, in a gesture of friendliness, offered a tribal dance in his honor, in which Schultes was allowed to participate...
...Indian will go on a long hunting expedition without first preparing his daily chew of coca, and large quantities are used in tribal dances...
...first time the blue (for freedom) and white (for peace) flag was hoisted in public, the flagpole snapped in two. Ciskei may not be paradise, but it is undoubtedly persistent. When the black "homeland" threw itself a raucous second-birthday party, the flagpole stood firm. As motorcycle teams, tribal dancers and drum majorettes performed in the local stadium, President Lennox Leslie Wongoma Sebe, 57, Homburg-hatted and morning-suited, cruised through the streets of Bisho, his capital city, in a black Cadillac. Then, guarded by a gang of security men in ill-fitting suits and sunglasses, Sebe led a flag...
...troubled territory has been a problem off and on since the country achieved independence in 1980, when rivalry between the two former guerrilla confederates, Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, broke into virtual tribal warfare. Matabeleland is the homeland of the Matabele tribe and of Nkomo, and Mugabe's victory in the nationwide elections moved many of Nkomo's supporters to become rebellious. Nkomo himself was sacked from the Cabinet two years ago, after he was accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The territory is also plagued by armed bandits who kill as well as plunder. Over the past...
...dancers obviously enacted a story, but the plot was almost usurped by the dancing itself. The dancers spun their arms in figure eights, lifting each other higher and higher, lunging, Kicking and contracting. The music added other dimensions to the work as when it broke off into a tribal beat in the middle...