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gods? 189. Are festivals performed by particular families, 
classes, or castes P 190. Are there festivals with relation to 
war, victory, or such events ? 191. Are there festivals at the 
puberty of the young men and girls or their initiation into the 
duties of life ? 192. Do families celebrate private festivals of 
a religious kind, as at birth of a child, manhood, marriage, 
&c. ? 193. Do the priests take part in such festivals ? are 
sacrifices offered, &c. ? 194. Are there festivals at which 
marriageable youths and girls mix and matches are made? 
195. Are any festivals specially connected with sexual rela¬ 
tions ? if so, what are the social consequences ? 196. Do any 
festivals commemorate mythical or historical events with 
significant ceremonies, &c. ? 197. Are any at once political 
and religious ? 
Prayer. —198. Are formal prayers offered to souls of ances¬ 
tors or other divine spirits ? and in what terms ? 199. Is 
prayer offered by private persons, chiefs, or priests ? 200. Is 
prayer a private or public ceremony, offered in the house, 
temple, or elsewhere ? 201. Is prayer solemnly made in times 
of emergency or distress ? 202. Are only temporal benefits 
asked for, as aid against enemies, safety, abundance of food, 
children, &c. ? 203. Are the gods asked to promote virtue or 
goodness in the worshipper or others ? 
Sacrifice— -204. Is sacrifice offered ? and to what deities ? 
205. Is it a private or public act ? 206. May anyone, or only 
priests, sacrifice ? 207. Is sacrifice made in temples ? What 
is offered ? 208. Is an altar used and the offering placed on it ? 
209. Does the offering consist principally of food ? 210. Is it 
exposed, destroyed, or consumed ? 211. Is the deity considered 
to consume it or to become possessed of it ? and how ? 212. Is 
it fraudulently removed under the pretence of the deity having 
taken it ? 2i3. Does the deity consume the essence or spirit 
of it, leaving the material part ? if so, what becomes of this ? do 
the priests or worshippers consume or remove it? 214. Is in¬ 
cense used ? and with what motive ? 215. Do people sacrifice 
objects that the deity may be pleased to obtain them ? or is there 
a notion that there is merit in the worshipper giving them up ? 
216. Are human sacrifices made ? if so, are the victims cap¬ 
tives or slaves, or the sacrifieer’s own children, or who ? 
217. Are the bodies buried or exposed or eaten ? 218. Are 
the souls of the victims considered to go to the deity? 
219. Are substitutes in sacrifice used, such as part of an animal, 
an effigy, or imitation ? 220. Do worshippers sacrifice parts of 
