cornmeal

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    In many indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, cornmeal is used as a prayer offering. In Zuni culture, for example, the meal is sprinkled over corn planted at each of the four cardinal directions. Before leaving to plant, a husband and his water container will be sprinkled with meal to symbolize the blessings of rain.

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    "Cornmeal and water" by Nora Kuby is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.

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