Bless

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Four elders of each family-group split a yam in two, lay the pieces before the cultus-symbol, touch their foreheads, and say: ‘May we be given health to perform this rite next year also.’

• Source: Meek, Charles Kingsley. Law and authority in a Nigerian tribe: a study in indirect rule. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970.
• Culture: Igbo
• Location: Africa