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In the old days, at the consecration feast for priestesses, the girls were not allowed to come into contact with cotton themselves. At the end of the feast a piece of cotton was counted off from 1 to 7 on the hands of the girls by a priestess, after which they were again allowed to touch this material.

• Source: Adriani, Nicolaus. The Bare’e-speaking Toradja of central Celebes (the East Toradja): third volume. Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1951.
• Culture: Eastern Toraja
• Location: Asia