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If a Konyak gives a mithan feast, he can put up posts with carved mithan heads - one head for every mithan killed - [Smaller than Angami - little fully modelled heads] |
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Choose a tree with same precautions as for a morung - when cut, sacrifice a cock - carver and house owner are fully genna for the period between cutting and erection. On erection day, pillar is set up - cock killed, its blood mixed with flour, daubed on a bunch of plantain stalks, and tied to as many places as possible on the post. The cock's head is cut off and the carvings smeared with blood from the head - some rice is softened with water and then sprinkled on the carvings - 'From your heads the village will see that I am rich. Through your heads may all my house be blessed'. |
