Question

In the evening, a change came over her. She did not pray. She collected the women of the neighbourhood, got an old drum and started to sing. For several hours, she thumped the sagging skin of the dilapidated drum and sang of the homecoming of warriors. We had to persuade her to stop to avoid overstraining. That was the first time since I've known her that she did not pray.  

(i) What was the occasion that is being celebrated here?  

(ii) Is this normal behaviour for the narrator’s grandmother?  

(iii) What happened immediately after event?  

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Answer 1

Answer:

what was the occasion that is being celebrated here