After the death of one of the Pygmies, the men of the camp started to sing; this was the molimo, which includes sounds in the forest which answer back and dancing around the fire.
The Pygmies do not have a great belief in witchcraft or sorcery, as the Negro villagers do.
By performing the ritual of the molimo, the Pygmies are making the forest happy.
*Observations*
The molimo is held in high regard to the Pygmies. They sing and dance around a fire while the forest answers back. They believe that by performing this ritual, they are making the forest happy. Unlike the Negroes in the village, the Pygmies do not have any great belief in witchcraft or sorcery. This shows me that, while the Pygmies live in such close proximity of the Negroes, they do not allow them to influence their beliefs in the forest being good; the Negroes do not believe such a thing. While the Negroes believe that song Pygmies are witches or sorcerers, the Pygmies do not hold such things in high regard; it is not a part of their beliefs.
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