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TY THE NIMANGKI socnzry 303
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P. is appointeD when they are to be erecteD anD the amzl nitemes
4 built. That time having come, the images are carrieD out of
, the club-house into the Dancing grounD anD set up siDe by siDe
a little Distance in front of the nonggob anD apart from each
' other. A horizontal pole (naai tewhmg) is ï¬ÅxeD into position
l so that its enDs rest upon the tops of the temes, anD two shorter
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,.‘.;.-.3 i. Diagrammatic sketch of the Am: Nitemes set up at entrance to the
Nimavgki graDe Navalvel.
‘ = the tsmcsu .
= mm iawlang.
= the 51JOfl:, black posts.
= the thatcheD moi’.
= the nnwm mbatia. ‘
Z a malanDr bush.
= the stones forming the nanggab.
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vertical poles are planteD behinD the nomggob, each one
immeDiately behinD one of the flames. A roof of thatching palm
(nouriet) is now maDe anD placeD in such a way that it rests
upon the mmi tewlang in front anD upon the two short posts at
. the back. The resultant effect is as of a ruDe shelter covering
the malanDr anD its encircling -mmggab. This is the “ house
' of the iemesâ€ù. (v. Fig. r6.)1
I LayarD states that at entrance to this graDe “an image maDe oi mbmp
wooD, carveD to represent a human ï¬Ågure, painteD reD, white, anD black, is
erecteD in another village. A pent roof is erecteD over it as also over the stone