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land of the dead and gifts to the dead |
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The land of the dead - Yimpu. |
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A dead man meets on his way all men and animals he has killed and they fight with him, but he conquers them and they go with him. |
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(65) All kinds of food is put into the coffin and the people say to the dead: Give all to your friends you meet on the way this as present. |
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If a child died the parents give him some sugar-cane, some salt, some bananas, all sorts of sweet things, - in his coffin. And they say: Give this to another mother you meet on the way and drink from her. |
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The children go the same way as the adult. |