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binodbod
A reliquary tube, containing morsels of blessed rice and meat used in sacrificial rituals for the village by the agricultural leader of the village, haldot.
After rituals at his granary, panu'būngan, the leader takes a morsel of rice and meat used in the rituals, says a prayer over them, wraps and ties them in a leaf, and puts them in a bamboo tube, which is kept in his reliquary for blessing rituals, pun'amhan. When one tube is full, it continues to be kept and another is begun. The tube is about 14 cm. long and 2« cm. in diameter with a wooden lid inserted into the opening.
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