Burma . HO USE-B UILDING 57. 122. CUTTING GIANT BAMBOO (WABO). and the roof-rafters. Straighttrees are selected for posts, andare either left plain, or thesapwood is dressed off, or theyare dubbed octagonal, and thetimbers are rough-hewn withthe dd. Posts of hard anddurable wood {pyinkado) arealso squared, and the scantlingfor the timbers cut with thesaw. A special significanceattaches to the posts of thehouse. It is thought unluckyif birds alight on them beforethey are roofed in. Sham bowsand arrows are set at the heads of the posts to scare them ihugemmand). Besidesthe miniature bow-and-arro
Burma . HO USE-B UILDING 57. 122. CUTTING GIANT BAMBOO (WABO). and the roof-rafters. Straighttrees are selected for posts, andare either left plain, or thesapwood is dressed off, or theyare dubbed octagonal, and thetimbers are rough-hewn withthe dd. Posts of hard anddurable wood {pyinkado) arealso squared, and the scantlingfor the timbers cut with thesaw. A special significanceattaches to the posts of thehouse. It is thought unluckyif birds alight on them beforethey are roofed in. Sham bowsand arrows are set at the heads of the posts to scare them ihugemmand). Besidesthe miniature bow-and-arrow stuck in bazar goods to scare crows, this is theonly form in which the long-bow and arrow survive in Burma ; in practice,arrows are used with a crossbow (No. 204) and pellets with the plain bow ije),and that not extensively. Another curious custom is the one of laying a pieceof cloth between the head of the post and the wall-plate as a propitiationto the nat of the tree (p. 187). Before the large posts of temples are reare
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