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sacrifice for infertility |
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(193) When married people have no children for about two years they make a puja. They kill a chicken (chicken is the bird of Ghawang - when the cock crows sitting on the roof they say he is calling Ghawang). But first they call the hi-niu (shaman) Limia, give her rice and she sees in her dreams why they have no children. If it is because Ghawang is angry then Limia comes to their house and kills a chicken by hitting its head at the house post, it is not necessary that blood flows. Limia says, "Ghawang give children". (194) Limia gets for her service either a dao or one rupee. |
