A Comparative Study of the Mayas And the Lacandones
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Tro-Cort. 96, c. 140 MAYAS AND LACANDONES they are taken out they are laid on palm leaves. It is at this time that the old braseros are given a last offering of posol, each from a separate shell of the cocoa bean. These old incense- burners are then placed in a group at the western side of the hut with their heads facing the west (n. Fig. 33, p. 112) and a shell of the cocoa bean over each one. Thus they die, and each is superseded by a new olla. The stone idols remain rest- ing on the leaves a...ll night. Early the next morning an offer- ing of baitse is made to the new braseros, which have been placed in the position formerly occu- pied by the old incense-bowls (#, Fig. 33) and with the heads facing the east. The braseritos are arranged in lines in front of the row of the large incense-burners. The heads of those in the smaller class also face the east (6, 5, 5, Fig. 33, and PL XXVI, Fig. 2). As the assistant places the offering of baltSe on the mouth of the brasero, the leader de- posits the stone idol of the respective incense-burners in the bowl and it is immediately covered with copal (Chant No.
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