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2,000-year-old examples of these objects shaped like human heads were found at Maitum. The anthropologist Robert Bradford Fox connected the image of two men in a boat on top of one of these objects to the Visayan belief in anito. One of these objects known as a kot was ceremonially moved to Sanam Luang, where participants would narrate the life of Phra Malai (“PRAH MAH-lye”) during 100 days of celebrations. Due to its discovery in the Tabon Caves, the Filipino “Manunggul” one of these objects is believed to be used in a practice which names a Bronze Age culture that the Hallstatt culture succeeded. During the Secret War, millions of cluster bombs were dumped on a megalithic site named for these objects located near the town of Phonsavan (“POHN-sah-wan”). For 10 points, thousands of what sort of objects are scattered throughout a plain in Laos? ■END■
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Tournament | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 122.08 |