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Sorry, we couldn't find anything matching "When a Yoruban twin dies, a surrogate figure (ibeji) is carved to take its place. The parents bathe, anoint, dress and feed the figure regularly to ensure that the spirit of the deceased twin will not bring harm to its surviving twin or any unborn children of the family. Ibeji figures have large heads compared with their bodies because Yorubans place great importance on the head and associate it with a person's destiny. Indigo dye, associated with one's future, is usually rubbed into the carved hair of ibeji figures. Yorubans beilieve that each living person has a spirit double in the sky".