or bad luck in hunting; Were not to share secrets of the ancestor cult with women. General taboos Spirit snakes should not be killed. It may be the spirit of a person sleeping or having a fever; Do not whistle at night; for it would call a spirit; Do not whistle in the house of a hunter; for his charms would stop working; Do not blow food to cool it; A visitor must not eat food alone. A person from the visited household must eat with the guest to prove the food is not poisoned; People were not to talk while eating. Even though a stranger came in, they should not greet until they finished eating; One should not answer a call at night; for the person might die; One should not step over arrows; A cock that crows between dusk and midnight must be killed; for it calls the spirits. Rules Men are buried facing east (direction of Bajju origin) while women were buried facing west. Those who died as a result of falling off a tree, falling off the roof of a house, or shot during hunting, were buried where the incident took place, and do not receive a burial ceremony. Women who died during child birth were buried at the backyard of their home. Someone with small pox was isolated because they believed he was a wizard. They are not given a burial ceremony after dying. Before drinking, elders were to pour a few drops on the ground for the ancestors. The Bajju believed in reincarnation. The Bajju believed that when a shooting star passes across the sky, a great man has died somewhere and is going to land somewhere else for reincarnation. Taking oaths Men could swear the following oaths: : To swear on one's hoe. The oath was 'If I did this, may the hoe cut my leg'. : To swear on one's bow. : To swear on a drum. A drum was kept with each village's gado (village head) and was used for matters affecting the entire village and used to settle local disputes. Women could swear the following oaths: : To swear on one's headboard (the item used to rest loads atop women's heads). If her oath was false, her child birth would not be a safe delivery. : To swear on one's skin. The skin is the piece of clothing used to