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34expected to eat plenty of meat and drink plenty of zu.Games and sports are conducted <strong>for</strong> everyone who is willingto enter the contest. And there are social games <strong>for</strong> groupsand most people join these kinds of games <strong>for</strong> enjoyment.Itis a day <strong>for</strong> every Kuki to enjoy himself and herself withmeat and drink.Now the State Government of Manipur accepted thisKut Day as a general holiday to be observed in the wholeState of Manipur. However, many of the <strong>for</strong>mer practices onthe day,<strong>for</strong> instance, eating meat and drinking zu inpublic, have been avoided.But social games and sports whichare socially acceptable practices are aregular part of Kukicommunity life.Death and burial of the deadWhen a Kuki dies all the relatives of the deceasedare in<strong>for</strong>med be<strong>for</strong>e the burial ceremony takes place.Meanwhilea bamboo frame is made and the corpse is placed on itin a sitting position. The frame is then tied to the pillarof the house in a leaning position. Friends and relativesbring clothing and other articles <strong>for</strong> the last rite of honorto and friendship with the dead.Since the family membersof the dead are so sorrowful, some friends prepare food anddrink <strong>for</strong> them and <strong>for</strong> the guests who have come from adistance to h0nor their dead friend.Some elderly man ormen from the relatives of the deceased snatch a big dao; andshout at the top of their voices, cutting the nearest post orpillar of the house, saying:"Let my grandfather's games give

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