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Tower
Float
As many as seventy-five men are needed
to carry the forty-foot tower in which the bodies and the priest are carried.
Evil spirits that may be lurking around are foiled by scattering pennies
about, by fireworks, and by weaving back and forth on the march while carrying
the huge tower to the cremation grounds. Musicians play while the procession
is led by relatives tugging on the long white and gold cloth,
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