robed

They saw advancing towards them, to the sound of this pleasing music, what they call a triumphal car, drawn by six grey mules with white linen housings, on each of which was mounted a penitent, robed also in white, with a large lighted wax taper in his hand.

figure By JOSEPH WANGUI Lawyers appearing before the lower courts in the country will not be required to wear the legal profession's vestments, registrar of the magistrates courts Peter Mulwa has said.Mr Mulwa, in a memo addressed to all magistrates, indicated that a section of magistrates were forcing lawyers to be robed, according to Kenya's legal profession code of dress, while in open courtroom.

"Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?" (v.

Another robed man enters and whispers in his ear, and--as if these high priests have conjured them up--a beautiful silvery curtain behind them rises, revealing another layer of Filigree threads through which two dancers are seen bursting into rangy, large-scale movement.

Local people believe that anyone who dares cut a robed tree will be cursed.