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[O]ften in the fields and on the outskirts of villages cotton threads, called “ya pilu threads,” hang from a branch or encircle the trunk of a tree, which no one will dare touch, seeing it under this protection.

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