What is the purpose of “cleansing” money in Malay fishing communities by absorbing it into the household sphere?

a) To meet religious obligations
b) To illustrate the importance of female control in the domestic sphere
c) To remove its association with the commercial, non-kin sphere
d) To reflect a widespread distrust of banks


ANS: B

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