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singing as they drag in morung post |
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While the trunk is pulled forward slowly and in spurts the men repeat a short word phrase which follows the separate pulls. At a particularly difficult stretch of the path they stop and hold the ropes, both rows confronting each other, then the leader starts a rather quick song, the others fall in and at the same time they bend their knees then jump up high. The whole affair ends up with a rather mad yelling and then the troop gets going and often the trunk is pulled rather quickly and surprisingly long stretch. Then the men walking alongside have to hurry up to put down the sticks in time and then gather the ones left behind. |
