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months of the year and their agricultural rituals |
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(134) The month that "died" on the 11th February was called: Ha-kai-liet (rice sowing month) |
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Chi-alea-liet (Chi (village) "bihu" month) |
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one month - Adzan-alea-liet (Wakching "bihu") & Hawan-liet (rice genna month) |
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Dui-ga-liet (in this month is no puja) |
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(135) Boa-dzak-liet or Dui-pok-liet (in this month is the Boa- dzak-bu). |
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Dui-nit-liet (in this are Boa-ga-dzak-bu and Ma-niu-rhan-bu) |
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Dui-shet-lit (when this month "dies" the Yu-dan-bu is performed (or Shan-yu-dan-bu)). |
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(134v) Yu-dan-nu: The day before some rats are caught. Then they are let free through a bamboo towards hostile villages (Totok). |
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[konyak] The same ceremony is done the month before at the Ma-niu-rhan-bu. |
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Dui-ghu-lit (in this month is the Lai-pham-bu genna (cf. p. 44)). |
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(136) Dui-ben-lit (in this month the rice is cut). |
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Dui-dzai-lit (the rice harvest is continued. No puja, only individual sacrifices for the harvest). |
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Him-ling-bung-yau-lit (house build, granary build. No puja.) |
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Lo-boa-wang-sho-lit (rich men's puja - made for the children). Yang-tu-liet (field cut) |