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The taboos are: keep
the stove fire lit; don’t get fire from other people; don’t touch raw ramie or
ramie threads; don’t allow people not belonging to the team or teammates’
families to enter the house; don’t loan things from people; don’t offer any
gifts to people; don’t join the controversial groups; don’t get married; don’t
shout; don’t turmoil;
don’t speak rude words; don’t engage in adultery; don’t indulge in sex; don’t
steal; don’t wash any clothes; don’t clean the house; don’t wash your face; don’t
put the pounder horizontally; don’t leave the mattress on the bed after getting
up; don’t eat vegetables; don’t eat oranges; don’t eat chicken; don’t plough in
the field and hunt; don’t fix the house; etc.
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Wusir Incident
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Mgaya (head-hunting)
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The taboos for men coming out of head hunting: don’t touch the hoe;
don’t touch the loom; don’t have sex; don’t drink wine, etc.
The taboos for the families of the warriors coming out of head hunting: The first day, they must stop working; don’t weave; don’t catch any fish; don’t get fire from
other people; don’t lend anything to other people; don’t wash any clothes; they
should wait for the householder’s orders and wake up together; they have to eat
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Some warriors cannot participate in coming out of grass because of the
following: somebody gives birth to babies at home; the sow gives birth to
piglets back home; their dogs and pigs died at home; their wives are having
their menstrual period, etc.
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