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(89) When a morung is build, mithans, cows and pigs are killed. |
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On the first day they kill one pig (the old man), and they bind palm leaves for the roof together. All members of the morung eat the meat. |
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On the second day, one buffalo or a mithan is killed, by three special clans. |
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Bhenbha hits with an axe the head. |
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Neang-ba stabs it with a spear. |
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Yanahu cuts off the tail. |
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(90) If in a morung there are not members of all clans then the animal is only killed in that manner peculiar to their clans (hitting, stabbing). |
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Then they play on the drum continually till the morung is finished, seven, as long as ten days. |
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If the Au-kheang morung is rebuilt, two clans of the The-phong and one of the Ang-bang come and help. |
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The post (sheng) is smeared with blood of the mithan. |