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The Kings of Fire and Water
The legend said they lived alone in seven towers on seven mountains, moved from one to the next each year, never saw a human face, and reigned seven years. A French officer went to find out, and in February 1891 he found the Master of Fire lying on a bamboo couch smoking a long copper pipe, among people who paid him no great deference. He carrie...
The tomb house and the abandonment of the grave
Among the Jarai a person is not finished dying at the funeral. The marriage is not dissolved, the widow is still a wife, and adultery against a dead husband is still adultery. The grave is visited every day and offered to every month, for as long as it takes — and how long it takes is not set by custom. It is set by what the family can afford. O...
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