▁or ▁tort ure ) ▁of ▁crim inals . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁committed ▁un law ful ▁acts ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁pay ▁fin es ▁in ▁gold , ▁except ▁for ▁th ieves ▁and ▁ro bb ers ▁who ▁were ▁executed . ▁In ▁mar ital ▁custom s , ▁the ▁b ride ' s ▁family ▁received ▁some ▁amount ▁of ▁b ride ▁price ▁from ▁the ▁gro om ' s ▁family . ▁Instead ▁of ▁developing ▁medical ▁treatment , ▁the ▁K ed iri ▁people ▁re lied ▁on ▁pray ers ▁to ▁Bud d ha . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁month ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁a ▁water ▁festival ▁was ▁celebrated ▁with ▁people ▁trav elling ▁in ▁boats ▁along ▁the ▁river ▁to ▁celebr ate . ▁On ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁month , ▁another ▁festival ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁mountains . ▁People ▁would ▁gather ▁there ▁to ▁have ▁fun ▁and ▁perform ▁music ▁with ▁instruments ▁such ▁as ▁fl utes , ▁drums , ▁and ▁wooden ▁x y lo ph ones ▁( an ▁ancient ▁form ▁of ▁gam el an ). ▁ ▁The ▁King ▁wore ▁sil k ▁gar ments , ▁le ather ▁sho es ▁and ▁orn ate ▁golden ▁j ew ell ery . ▁He ▁wore ▁his ▁hair ▁up ▁high ▁on ▁his ▁head . ▁Every ▁day , ▁he ▁would ▁receive ▁state ▁officials , ▁man agers ▁of ▁his ▁kingdom , ▁on ▁a ▁square ▁throne . ▁After ▁an ▁audience , ▁the ▁state ▁official ▁would ▁bow ▁three ▁times ▁to ▁the ▁king . ▁If ▁the ▁king ▁travel led ▁outside ▁the ▁palace , ▁he ▁rode ▁an ▁ele ph ant ▁and ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by