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Nquillatún

"Then they saddle their horses: the caciques, the young men, women and children; everyone heading towards the site of the celebration, and with them the machi, who plays the drum for a short dance. Once the rewe is erected, the nguenpín, who presides over the ritual, invites: 'Ya! Let us dance in honor of our rewe, let the flute play, The drum Machi!' (...) Now they start dancing around the rewe (...) While they dance, they ask for things, as they did before with the blood…".
The long detailed description concludes: "Again the Nguenpín orders: 'Let the guests come near, let the youths line up; hurry, hurry (...) That is it, get ready ladies, sons, hurry; the day is ending!' (...) They approach the rewe saying: 'Lets dance'...The dance moves around the rewe, two men carry, during the dance, a white flag and a black flag. Finally the nguenpín says to the guests: 'Well then, today our celebration took place, you all participated; the next celebration is your responsibility'."

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