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There are the Lam Lai, gods of the country side, who shade off into nature gods controlling the rain, the primal necessity of an agricultural community ; Umang Lai, or deities of the forest jungle; the Imung Lai, lords of the lives, the births, and the deaths of individuals: there are the tribal
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