[8][9][10] The Saltigues were responsible for predicting the future of kings, the weather, any natural disaster or political catastrophe that could befall the country, etc.

[12] Before a king launched a war, he would consult the great assembly of Saltigues to predict the outcome of the battle.

[13][14][15][16] The assembly of Saltigues would predict the outcome, offer precautionary advice on when to launch the attack, the route to take to the battlefield and the animals to be sacrificed, etc.

Whilst the Lamane was busy meditating, touring Tukar and making offerings to the pangool, Jegan Joof, the Chief Saltigue and his associates drink sum-sum alcohol all morning before the Festival.

Having prepared himself sufficiently, the Saltigue and his close associates leave the house and mount their horses, then start their own tour of some of the sacred places of the country.

The Saltigué's tour is programmed to follow the king, but ultimately to cross his path at a location known as "Nenem".

According to Kane, this term, similar to the etymologically related Saltigue, originally meant a religious leader who was privy to the highest secrets of initiation and tasked with performing the rituals necessary to appease the spirits.