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The Kigango's function is religious, social, cultural and psychological and forms a symbolic structure that bridges both worlds of the living and the dead by being half buried in the earth. lt is a visible reminder to the living to respect the ancestor but also by reciprocation the ancestor will protect the family. The post always faces West towards the setting sun.
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Even over cold pudding, the coward says ~'It will burn my mouth." 
