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The mortar in which rice is pounded is a large, deep wooden bowl that stands in the house. With its standard, it is three feet or more in height. The same word is used of the ceremonial washing at the festival of G'inum. Ordinary bathing is padigus. See footnote 3, p. 15, also 3, p. 16. For the Malay tradition, cf. Skeat, Malay Magic, p. 205. See footnote 1, p. 18.
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