Some taboos of the Dulong

Between the Dulong there survive numerous tabu�s, which undoubtedly do that they keep always present a series of rules of conduct that have been or are necessary to his survival. Some of the most important are:

1. Not to cultivate the ground where the shaman says there are spirits since they will not give good harvest. (To the being the guard of the tradicci�n, can determine that types of soils are not productive)

2. Not to visit the house of the one that goes out of fighter or to be planted, for the danger of ruining his target. (To support the conjugal confidence of that this one was)

3. Not to put at home the seed of the following year or will not germinate. (To support it out, to the fresh air, is healthier for her)

4. Before cutting the trees and burning the plot to be cultivated, it is necessary to venerate to the spirits or the cultivation will not grow. (A good sample of the respect to the spirits of the nature)

5. If, on having worked, a snake is, after killing it it is necessary to rest or more snakes will come. (Possibly be a way of making sure that the snake remains well dead)

6. The married woman can no have children at his mother's. (The son belongs to the clan of the father, and there he must be born)

7. It is necessary to have the children out of house, since it is considered that the children are not clean. (In fact what is not clean is the house and to have them out it turns out to be more hygienic for they and the mother).

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