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Careful guard was kept over the woman lest any person of unprepossessing appearance should come near her, and various animals, such as monkeys, were never allowed to approach lest the sight of them should affect her and cause malformation of the child. Neither men nor women might touch her clothing nor might she touch theirs.

• Source: Roscoe, John. The Bakitara or Bunyoro: the first part of the report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa. Cambridge: The University Press, 1923.
• Culture: Banyoro
• Location: Africa