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OCR: Magic and ritual Magic, known as kunds, and a belief in different kinds of spirits who inhabit different parts of the people's environment, pervaded daily life as well as more formal ceremonies. Spells were uttered relating to good weather, healthy pigs, productive crops, success in hunting, and so forth. Ritually important plants, most notably the cordyline shrub, were widely planted. This photograph shows cordyline planted at a magic gateway along a path. Such gateways prevented the advance of bad spirits and ensured that any person passing through them would not fall sick.