ABSTRACT
It only remains to despatch the clothing, money and gifts by burning in the court-yard. With the priest chanting an invocation for safe delivery each packet is placed in the brazier and the fire is started by the officiant. The ceremony takes a considerable time for, not only have the deceased's wants to be satisfied, but a despatch must be made to other dead members of the family lest their feelings be hurt by being neglected. In this case there was an argument about the existence of some misty grandfather who was finally propitiated by the hasty purchase of a packet in the village, very inferior in quality to the townmade products addressed to his relatives. It is most important that every scrap of paper should be consumed, so every bit scattered by the wind is retrieved and returned to the bonfire. When the last flame has died down the eldest son brings out a bunch of firecrackers whose explosion scares off marauding devils and marks the end of the ceremony.
