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Re: OT: Chinese zither

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, September 20, 2003, 3:22
--- Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> wrote:

> >Understandable! Daine as a rule don't touch > > organ > >meats. Marrow and hearts are ok to many, > >though. > > Cwendaso consider most organ meat a special > treat. Ok, not the intestines, > those aren't exactly clean (yes, I know that > they can be cleaned up; a > Greek woman at our Church gave us some sheep > intestine soup this Pascha, > but we couldn't bring ourselves to eat it),
So you've never eaten sausage?
> and probably not the brains, > eyeballs, etc. But heart, liver, kidneys, > those are all delicacies.
Uck. Well, they'd get on well with the Telerani. They go gaga for organ meats, especially with the Metranes comming up in a couple months. In December, you won't be able to find a food stall in Illenere that doesn't offer sheep eyeballs on a stick or brain stuffed kidney wraps or pork testicle surprise!
> >It's not the term I had in mind. I was > >thinking > >of an overtone flute, which is a holeless > >recorder or whistle which is constructed in > >such > >a way that all the notes can be attained by > >overblowing to the high partials. They're > >traditional to some Scandinavian country. I > >want to say Sweden or Finland. > > I do know about this type of flute. ... It > sounds sort of > like a pipe organ radically out of whack. > Really great.
Cool!
> >Of course, there's plenty of room for sacred > >drums made out of the skulls of beloved > >ancestors. > > Sorry, not these people! They are so concerned > about not defiling a dead > body that they won't even undress it to put on > new clothes for burial. A > person is buried in whatever they happened to > die in. And in war, they > consider it their duty, as civilized people, to > keep guard over the bodies > of their slain enemies and prevent the bodies > from being defiled by carrion > beasts until a delegation from the enemy can > come and claim the > bodies. It's a rather maladaptive strategy in > warfare, but it is important > to them to act in a civilized manner.
Wow. Daine don't see it as defilement to clean up and dress their beloved dead appropirately. And unless they're in a hurry, would see it as something less than dignified to bring an end to the body in tatty, blood-n-guts spattered clothes.
> >Daine hunters don't mind tackling such > >beasties at times! > > Nor do these people. Hey, one of those > creatures carries a load of good > beef, and the horns are very useful as well. > It's worth a little danger.
Naturally! Oliphaunts and hairy rhinoceros as well. Amongst other things. Padraic. ===== - Per y celles né la Reuwla; per y gouergèn, per y gouiuwzes, et per y horfàn - A Ddon ten mezer! -- Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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