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The grandmother carries a plate of salt that contains the rest of the Sebou’ sweets. She starts throwing salt on the attendees as the mother, who is carrying her child, goes down the stairs. The grandmother is heard saying, “May there be salt in the eyes of those who don’t pray to the prophet.” Throwing salt is a tradition that is meant to ward off evil, presumably by making spirits unable to see from the salt in their eyes.