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29honored with aspecial national cloth called Thangnang, andshe is entitled to wear this special cloth from that dayonward.Sa Ai is <strong>for</strong> men renowned <strong>for</strong> valor in hunting.Such men have collected a lot of game of all kinds and havethus become qualified to per<strong>for</strong>m this ceremony.In <strong>order</strong> toqualify a man must have killed many animals of differentkinds during his life time, but among them must be a viper,a tiger, an elephant, and an eagle. He must display theskulls of the tiger and elephant and the feathers of theeagle.The skulls of animals must be carefully preserved,and on the appointed day they are to be cleansed and displayed.Generally the skulls of animals kill2d in the gamewill be at least a hundred and probably more. On this daythe hunter is honored as a hero, and he bears all the expensesof the celebration. He gives a big feast to thewhole village, and invitations are extended to his friendsand reJ ~tives in other neighboring villages. A mithun andseveral pigs and cows are to be slaughtered <strong>for</strong> the feastand a lot of wine is made available to the people. Thepriest chants his magical <strong>for</strong>mula to start the function anderects a post in the front of the house of the hero. Tothis post the mithun <strong>for</strong> ceremony is tied with a strongrope; and the priest thrusts his spear into the side of theanimal; and ultimately the mithun is killed and the celebrationstarts.The main idea or belief is that the man whoper<strong>for</strong>ms this ceremony will not be troubled by the spirit of

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