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Before the living can touch the new millet, however, it is necessary that the ancestors receive the homage of the first fruits […] The Hogon...eats and drinks alone; no one may touch the calabash from which he takes his millet.

• Source: Paulme, Denise. Social organization of the Dogon (French Sudan). Paris: Éditions Domat-Montchrestien, F. Loviton et Cie, 1940..
• Culture: Dogon
• Location: Africa