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Round woven tray set on the ground between buttress roots, holding a heaped cone of white rice, broad green leaves and a small clay cup of liquid

the offering at the roots

What Chirino recorded in 1604 was a pairing: an old tree it was a sacrilege to cut, and something set down for the owner of a place as you passed it. The tray, the rice and the cup are the part that survived.

Basis: Offering practice described by Chirino, 1604 · AI-generated

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