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Should any of these injunctions be disregarded a gutshi, the value of which may be twenty florins, must be paid to his relatives. If the widow desires to marry earlier than the tiwah feast she is required to pay the entire cost of the celebration, and sometimes an additional amount. A simpler device than the panyanggaran is also used, serving a similar purpose and called sapundo.
It consists of an upright post carved to represent the face of a good antoh, with tongue hanging out. As the sapundo is much easier to make it is used by the orang kampong or poor people. For a rich man who has gone hence both contrivances may be erected. Another matter demanding attention is the erection of a tall, rather slender pole of ironwood, called pantar.
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