What the man says while cleansing himself

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Title

What the man says while cleansing himself

Collection

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Contributor

!nanni (XI)

Summary

The man who is cleansing himself (after shooting and killing another man) takes |kui fruit in his hands and speaks, saying that his heart must be calm and does not burn. The father-in-law says words that are intended for the relations of the man who has been killed.

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Type

story

Date

August 1881

Category

Plants and animals

Custom and daily life

Keyword

purification ( or |koa )

purification ( what the man says while cleansing himself )

purification ( a cleansing ceremony )

purification ( a speech during )

purification ( a ritual )

purification ( a description of the cleansing process )

purification ( what the father-in-law says to the relatives of the dead man )

purification ( the man strikes and rubs his breast )

purification ( the man speaks of his heart )

purification ( the man rubs himself with |kui fruit )

purification ( the father-in-law cuts the man between the brows )

purification ( and scarification )

purification ( and cutting 'in the old mark' )

purification ( and respecting or fearing the killer's name )

purification ( !kun name for the ceremony )

fruit ( |kui )

fruit ( !kun name of )

fruit ( and the purification ritual )

fruit ( the man rubs himself with it )

fruit ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

scarification ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

scarification ( and cutting in the cleansing ritual )

scarification ( cutting 'in the old mark' )

scarification ( cutting between the eyebrows )

cutting ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

cutting ( in the cleansing ritual )

cutting ( 'in the old mark' )

cutting ( between the eyebrows )

cutting ( performed by the father-in-law )

name ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

name ( respecting and fearing that of the man who shot and killed another )

name ( avoiding the killer's )

name ( of plants and fruit prepared and used in the cleansing ritual )

name ( !kun, for the purification ceremony )

father-in-law ( addresses the relatives of the dead man )

father-in-law ( his role in the purification ceremony )

father-in-law ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

men ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

heart ( the man speaks of his which must be calm not burn )

heart ( and what the man says while cleansing himself )

speech ( what the man says while cleansing himself )

respect ( for the name of a man who has killed another )

respect ( what the man says while cleansing himself )

Story Pages

9919-9920

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