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wooden frame like rainbow as a memorial to dead |
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In a section between two khels is the funeral memorial of an important man. It consists mostly of two frames placed parallel to each other at a considerable distance each of which carries a wide (about 20-30cm. thick) semi-circle of wood, its diametre I guess to be about 2 metres. This semi-circle is supposed to represent the rainbow but we cannot discover the connection to the beliefs concerning the dead. Apart from these rainbows, bamboo balls are hung up on the frames as head symbols and mithan skulls, while hornbill-shaped posts are set into the ground |
