Note 82 — Chapter II
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Among a few groups living in the eastern section of the territory inhabited by the Taiyal, there is a special “bride-house,” i.e. a hut erected on piles, some twenty feet above ground. In this “bride-house” every newly married couple of the tribal group must spend the first five days and nights after marriage. The house is exorcised by the priestesses before the entrance of the bridal pair.