Note 303 — Chapter IV · MARKET DAYS
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A. B. Ellis, The Tshi-speaking Peoples, London, 1887, pp. 89, 93. On the Gold Coast white seems to be the special colour appropriate for holy or festive days. On a man’s birthday, which is sacred to his kra, or tenanting spirit, he abstains from work, puts white clay on his face, and dons a white cloth (ibid., p. 156). On the Tshi holy days, observed by families or private persons only, see further Bosman, op. cit., p. 153; W. Hutton, A Voyage to Africa, London, 1821, p. 166 n.* (Ashanti); E. Perregaux, Chez les Achanti, Neuchâtel, 1906, p. 272; J. Parkinson, in Man, 1911, xi, 2 (Appolonians).