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Which if the following does not describe the Feast of the New Yam?

A. The youngest girl in the clan was sacrificed to insure a good crop.

B. New yams were offered to the earth goddess,Ani, and the ancestral spirits of the clan.

C. The old yams of the previous year were disposed of.

D. All cooking and serving utensils were washed.

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A. The youngest girl in the clan was sacrificed to insure a good crop.

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The Feast of the New Yam was held every year before the harvest began, to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the clan. New yams could not be eaten until some had first been offered to these powers.

On the last night before the festival, yams of the old year were all disposed of by those who still had them.

All cooking pots, calabashes and wooden bowls were thoroughly washed, especially the wooden mortar in which yam was pounded.

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