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forked posts and mithan sacrifices |
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There are rough forked posts. These are erected by those men who kill mithans or buffaloes at the time of a great genna, not if they kill a mithan for curing an illness. On the same day the mithan is killed the owner erects the post and feasts his clan. (112) When he erects the post he says: [konyak] "more may come out". He pours madhu on the post and smears some of the blood of the mithan on it. The sacrifice of a mithan does not give the privilege to wear special dress. |
