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Wakching head receiving rituals |
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head hung in morung; augury performed with chicken's intestines |
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In response to my question I am told that during the night the head had hung from a hook from one of the crossbeams in the morung's innermost room and in the morning it had been carried to Shankok's house where the clan elder killed a chick and performed an augury with the intestines in a way as I will soon describe it in connection with another ceremony. As I continued through the village I saw everywhere men on platforms busy mending a headdress or preparing another part of the costume. |
