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[[File:Ceremonial raccoon headpiece.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Aang]] tried on a ceremonial raccoon headpiece.]]

This '''ceremonial raccoon headpiece''' is used in an annual [[Southern Water Tribe]] ceremony to celebrate nature. This ceremony usually takes place before the winter hunt, when the hunters collect [[Fauna in the World of Avatar|meat and pelts]] for the upcoming season. The raccoon headpiece is worn by a hunter who asks nature to grant him a bountiful hunt and places an offering of [[Cuisine in the World of Avatar|food]] or an equivalent into a large bonfire. After he finishes, he passes the headpiece to the next person who repeats this until all the hunters in the tribe have participated.<ref name="dead 115-11">{{Cite nickold|115|11}}</ref>

== History ==
During their travels, [[Aang]], [[Sokka]], and [[Katara]] encountered [[Bato]], who invited [[Team Avatar|them]] to the [[abbey]] where he was staying. His room in the abbey was decorated in a typical Southern Water Tribe fashion, filled with rugs made of [[Fauna in the World of Avatar|animal]] pelts. Among the decorations hanging on the wall was the raccoon headpiece; Aang tried it on, but Bato promptly ordered him to take it off because it was a "ceremonial and very fragile" ornament.<ref name="BWT">{{Cite episode|1|115}}</ref>

== Trivia ==
* [[Avatar]] [[Kuruk]] wore a headpiece similar to the raccoon headpiece.<ref name="SC2">{{Cite episode|1|319}}</ref>

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Fashion in the World of Avatar]]
* [[Southern Water Tribe]]
* [[Spiritual beliefs in the World of Avatar]]

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