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The document discusses norms and taboos among the Kadazandusun tribe in Malaysia. Some key norms include betel chewing rituals incorporating tobacco and systems for managing communal river and land resources. Taboos during marriage rituals prohibit cancellations or scheduling certain dates, while death rituals require vigilance and forbid cats crossing corpses. During pregnancy and childbirth, mothers avoid ridiculing others or stepping over buffalo ropes, and after giving birth are forbidden from washing h

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UmiSalmah

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