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COMPARITIVE STUDY OF KUKU AND HEBREW CULTURES M. M. NINAN 4. Three types of sacrifices. There are in general three types of sacrifices offered to God. 1. The sin offering Whenever a sin is involved whether it is of the individual or of the group or of the community as a whole it has to b atoned. Atonement Is obtained only through the blood of either a bull, a ram, a goat, a sheep or a bird. The animal selected must be without defect or any blemish and must be acceptable to God. Only after the God has shown his acceptance could it be sacrificed. Otherwise it may be rejected. In order to ascertain the acceptability, the animal is brought before the door of the house of God and tethered there and is watched to see for signs. If the animal urinated it is rejected, if it excretes dung it is accepted. The blood of sacrifice must be sprinkled on every door of the house of the members of the clan and its meat eaten by the elders. 2. Thanksgiving offering. Any victory won in the battle, any hunting which gave abundance of meat or which went without loss of life or accident, any bountiful harvest are all the blessings of Ngelesso. His eyes are 173
COMPARITIVE STUDY OF KUKU AND HEBREW CULTURES M. M. NINAN always over his people an his powers protects them. A year without war or sickness is also an occasion of thanksgiving. In all these cases the people will offer goats, sheep, cows for a great feast. All the clan will eat and drink Before the Lord their God. 3. Sacrifice for needs. Whenever there is a special need, whether at the time of cultivation, or beginning of hunting or personal need of a job or success in job, a sacrifice may be made. Before departure into the bush before hunting, people will bring all their spears, bows and arrows to Mattat to be blessed He will then take two types of leaves one from Kireri and the other form Peps tree. Standing near the spears and arrows, h~ will then talk to Ngelesso and ask him to guide the hunters and to meet their needs. He will then split the leaves into two parts and will throw some to the left and some to the right. He will then release them for their hunting. The first anima to be killed must be brought back to God as a thanksgiving offering. After this they can kill as many as they like. 174
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