The head is an especially important symbol in Santer'a initiation rituals because
A) it is thought to be filled with evil spirits that must be washed away.
B) it represents the passage of knowledge from an elder to the aleyo.
C) through it, the sacrificial animals and the aleyo communicate.
D) it is the spiritual faculty and central locus of a human being.
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