Practice question · Select all that apply
Which features are true of kula valuables?
Hints
- The valuables circulate in fixed directions and must move on.
- The one thing they can never be is ordinary merchandise.
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- B. They must eventually be passed on, not kept
- C. Their histories and names add to their fame
- D. They travel in fixed opposite directions around the ring
Why
Direction, obligation, and biography define a kula valuable; the one thing it can never be is merchandise, selling a soulava would strip it of everything that makes it one.
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