Note 152 — Chapter II · TABOOED DAYS AFTER A DEATH AND ON RELATED OCCASIONS
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Hose and McDougall, op. cit., ii, 37 sq. The Kayan on the Mahakam River require all those who have been polluted by taking part in burial ceremonies to undergo a two days’ melo, or ceremonial abstention from work (Nieuwenhuis, op. cit., ii, 119).