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Updated: May 7, 2025
The iron hoops here and there built into the walls for that purpose, held long pine-sticks, to be lighted as torches after dark; and they would need careful watching, for a great deal of the city was built of wood, and if a spark lighted on the walls, a serious fire might be the result.
It is customary to open a grave already occupied by several of the relatives of the deceased. Toward noon of the last day, some of the men begin clearing away the bamboo, which protects the old burial, and to remove the dirt. When these are reached, the diggers make an opening and thrusting in burning pine-sticks, they call to the dead within, "You must light your pipes with these."
Here, in place of the egg, a jar containing pine-sticks is attached to the roof, for the pine which burns brightly makes it plain to the spirits what the people are doing.
In the first was placed a half coconut; in the second was rice mixed with blood; in the third cooked flesh of a fowl; and in the last were four stalks of rice, and some pine-sticks. One was placed at each gate of the town as an offering, and the people returned to their homes.
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