 People who commit suicides are not buried in the ground or given burial rites but cast away in order not to further offend and pollute the land, their ability to become ancestors is therefore nullified.When an individual dies a 'bad death' in the society, such as from the effects of divine retributive justice or breaking a taboo, they are not buried in the earth, but are discarded in a forest so as not to offend Ala. As in cases of most alusi, Ala has the ability to be malevolent if perceived to be offended and can cause harm against those who offend her.Within the earth's spherical limit, in a cosmological sense, is a designation of the 'earth's bosom' within, "ímé àlà", a hemispherical base to the earth with an opening or 'mouth' at its highest point, "ónụ́ àlà".