The ritual was carried out in a forest , in a clearing . On the full moon . We made a circle of twigs and grasses . First , the feet were smeared with wax . Then they did ev erything in turn . The ceremony was performed by women , since it is believed that it is their task to collect the power of the forest . It was necessary to gather the power of the forest and gather the power of fire . They sculpted wax figurines from wax and tied rags with prescription water to these figurines . The wax , which was bound in the figures , had to be rolled around the legs in order to remove the negative obtained during the ritual . [description created by neural network]