![]() ![]() Some may be chicken coops or other small sheds for animals, although this is rare. Miniature houses are found here and there in Temne villages and larger towns and one does not always know at a glance what each one might be. However, I have found twin ritual and its effects only in the western part of Temneland, especially in Port Loko District. Multiple sets of twins, sometimes two and three sets in a family, are not uncommon in this region, as I have observed in several different places and had been confirmed ar the beginning of the twentieth century (Thomas 1970 1:18). ![]() It takes place among the Temne people of northern Sierra Leone, situated in the incidence of twin births and the response of families to this rather disconcerting phenomenon. This is a story of miniature spirit houses, elfin wooden beings, the empty shells of the dead, and the fear of sexual transgression, especially incest compounded by homosexuality. ![]()
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