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sacrifices and building of morungs |
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Only today I heard of a custom when building a morung which is restricted to Balang and Bala. Two buffaloes are killed, one of which is first led to each of the four other morungs by boys of the Balang and Bala, is then thrown down and tethered to be allowed to stand up again and led away. Finally when they arrive at the newly built morung, two young men of the Balang and two of the Bala hack off a leg each of the standing buffalo. Only then it is killed with a spear by a certain man. |
