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Foso (feast)

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Foso,fossoorpossois a ritual feast celebration among theMinahasapeople ofNorth Sulawesi,Indonesia.[1]Described as a "feast of merit", the host of the event would accumulate prestige and gain status.[2]

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  1. ^Transformations in Sacrificial Practices:From Antiquity to Modern Times: Proceedings of an International Colloquium, Heidelberg, 12-14, July 2006, Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, Axel Michaels, Claus Ambos, LIT Verlag Münster, 2008 page 174
  2. ^(cf. Schouten 1995)