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Strana 199 - Government to help in putting an end for ever to the inhuman and barbarous practices, writes * that " one of the most common ways of offering the sacrifice in Chinna Kidemy is to the effigy of an elephant, + rudely carved in wood, fixed on the top of a stout post, on which it is made to revolve. After the performance of the usual ceremonies, the intended victim is fastened to the proboscis of the elephant, and, amidst the shouts and yells of the excited multitude of Khonds, is rapidly whirled round,...
Strana 199 - ... who hacked and tore away scraps of flesh to bury in their fields, chanting the while a ghastly hymn, an extract from which illustrates very clearly the theory of sympathetic magic underlying the ritual:— As the tears stream from thine eyes, So may the rain pour down in Asar; As the mucus trickles from thy nostrils.
Strana 243 - A figure representing the enemy to be destroyed is drawn on a small sheet of metal, gold by preference, and to it are added some mystic diagrams. It is then addressed, stating that bodily injury or death of the person shall take place at a certain time. This little sheet is wrapped up in another metal sheet or leaf (gold if possible), and buried in some place where...
Strana 12 - Konna tree, a measure of rice, a so-called looking-glass made of bell-metal, and a few other things, are all tastefully arranged in the vessel and placed in a prominent room inside the house. On either side of this vessel two brass or bell-metal lamps filled with cocoanut oil " clear as diamond sparks " are kept intensely burning and a small plank of wood or some other seat is placed in front of it. At about 5 o'clock in the morning of the day some one who has got up first wakes up the inmates, both...
Strana 194 - Meriah, who is adorned with garlands, etc., and, on the day before the performance of the barbarous rite, is stupefied with toddy, and made to sit, or, if necessary, is bound at the bottom of a post bearing the effigy above described. The assembled multitude then dance around to music, and, addressing the earth, say ' Oh ! God, we offer the sacrifice to you.
Strana 161 - Before the Eyes are made, it is not accounted a God, but a lump of ordinary Metal, and thrown about the Shop with no more regard than any thing else. But when the Eyes are to be made, the Artificer is to have a good gratification, besides the first agreed upon p' reward. The Eyes being formed, it is thenceforward a God.
Strana 184 - There is no God but God ; Muhammad is the Prophet of God ; " and that this leaf alone falls.
Strana 204 - ... shoulders, and then drive their loaded bullocks over the unfortunate victim. In proportion to the bullocks thoroughly trampling the child to death, so their belief in a successful journey increased.
Strana 195 - O God we offer the sacrifice to you — give us good crops, seasons and health", after which they address the victim, "We bought you with a price, and did not seize you — now we sacrifice you according to custom, and no sin rests on us.
Strana 193 - Meriah was acceptable to the goddess only if he had been purchased, or had been born a victim — that is the son of a victim father — or had been devoted as a child by his father or guardian. Khonds in distress often sold their children for victims, ' considering the beatification of their souls certain, and their death, for the benefit of mankind, the most honourable possible.