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notes from Mr Lambert's survey tour diary of 1935 |
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(105) Notes from Mr Lambert's survey tour diary. |
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The story goes that in the old days the Rangpangs had always sacrificed a monkey to the spirits for good crops or to cure a bad illness. One day then they had sacrificed in the usual way a voice came from the sky and asked what was the use of a monkey. At the same time a human hand fell at the feet of those performing the sacrifice and the priests interpreted the omen to mean (106) that the spirits would not be satisfied with any thing less than a human body. From this time forward they have always sacrificed a human being but they say that they hate the custom as much as anybody else. For that reason have always tried to get as useless a person as possible as a victim. |
