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The dead were buried with their belongings
Libations were poured and sacrifices offered to the ancestors
Graves were preserved
The dead were buried in their ancestral land.
Children were named after the deceased
The names of the dead were invoked during prayer.
The living prayed to them.
The dead were invited to the ceremonies by the living
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