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The sun at that time was just beginning to set, and once we had crossed one of the larger hills we came face to face with the coast, the sun's great red form half sunken beneath its surface. A faint cloud layer floated by and was illuminated by the twilight so that it stretched haphazardly across the face of the sun. THE SUN AT THAT TIME WAS JUST BEGINNING TO SET AND ONCE WE HAD CROSSED ONE OF THE LARGER HILLS WE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE COAST THE SUN'S GREAT RED FORM HALF SUNKEN BENEATH ITS SURFACE A FAINT CLOUD LAYER FLOATED BY AND WAS ILLUMINATED BY THE TWILIGHT SO THAT IT STRETCHED HAPHAZARDLY ACROSS THE FACE OF THE SUN
 (for even the leaders of a society must do their fair share of the work). Then we walked back through the dining hall, down the hallway, and out the door. Outside we found that the people had already began to assemble on the road in front of their communities and were preparing for the festival by chattering with one another as loudly as one would think possible. A hush began to fall upon them like a descending fog when we came out, though, and within a few moments it had died down to a ghostly silence, for all that could be heard was the wind's constant blowing. Ramma took the head of the procession of Munams that had formed on the road, and I took the place next to him. With a sort of quiet anticipation of the joys to come, there was little movement, and what little there was, was hushed by a sense of subdued excitement. Then, with a somber gait, Ramma began the parade down the road, in the opposite direction as we had come from, that being northwest, and all followed him as he did. D OUR PLATES TO BE CLEANED LATER FOR EVEN THE LEADERS OF A SOCIETY MUST DO THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE WORK THEN WE WALKED BACK THROUGH THE DINING HALL DOWN THE HALLWAY AND OUT THE DOOR OUTSIDE WE FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO ASSEMBLE ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WERE PREPARING FOR THE FESTIVAL BY CHATTERING WITH ONE ANOTHER AS LOUDLY AS ONE WOULD THINK POSSIBLE A HUSH BEGAN TO FALL UPON THEM LIKE A DESCENDING FOG WHEN WE CAME OUT THOUGH AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES IT HAD DIED DOWN TO A GHOSTLY SILENCE FOR ALL THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS THE WIND'S CONSTANT BLOWING RAMA TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PROCESSION OF MOONARS THAT HAD FORMED ON THE ROAD AND I TOOK THE PLACE NEXT HIM WITH A SORT OF QUIET ANTICIPATION OF THE JOYS TO COME THERE WAS LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WHAT THERE WAS WAS HUSHED BY THE SENSE OF SUBDUED EXCITEMENT THEN WITH A SOMBRE GAIT RAMA BEGAN THE PARADE DOWN THE ROAD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS WE HAD COME FROM THAT BEING NORTHWEST AND ALL FOLLOWED HIM AS HE DID
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