Bless

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Then the visitors who are senior to the invalid bless him or her while touching his or her head, while those who are junior fall down and touch their heads to the sick person’s feet as he or she, if conscious, blesses them (without moving).

• Source: Hockings, Paul. Mortuary ritual of the Badagas of southern India. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 2001.
• Culture: Badaga
• Location: Asia