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Death, funerals and associated customs |
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Hangrum village regularly observe a day's abstention from field work on the death of a blind person (1.8.48). |
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In Asalu, people of the deceased's clan do not got to work on the day of the death and/or funeral. Persons of other clans may work, except for relatives by marriage, who remain for the funeral and ceremonies connected with it. |
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Wooden coffin in elaborate funerals sometimes has 2 lids, though one is general. |
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If burial is not on elaborate scale, i.e. in epidemics, or if some of the villagers are absent, as at harvest-time, a shield is used instead of a coffin-lid, the body, laid in the coffin, being covered with a cloth and then the shield. |
