September, 1913. Wild Tribes of Davao District — Cole. 10; 



Following the burial the family lives in the house where the death 

 occurred until a human sacrifice has been made. During this period 

 they live very quietly, eat poor food, wear old clothing, and abstain from 

 all amusements. If their wealth permits, they may shorten the period 

 of mourning by making a special sacrifice, but in most cases the be- 

 reaved will wait until the yearly sacrifice when they will purchase a 

 share in the victim and thus remove the taboo. Following the offering, 

 the old house is abandoned and is allowed to fall to pieces for "the man 

 has gone and his house must go also." The procedure is the same for 

 women, and for children who have survived infancy. 



BELIEFS CONCERNING THE SOUL, SPIRITS, ORACLES, 



AND MAGIC. 



There is some variance, in different parts of the Bagobo area, in the 

 beliefs concerning the spirits or souls of a man. In Cibolan each man 

 and woman is supposed to have eight spirits or gimokod, which dwell 

 in the head, the right and left hands and feet, and other parts not 

 specified. At death these gimokod part, four from the right side of the 

 body, going up to a place called palakaldngtt, and four descending to a 

 region known as karonaronawan. These places differ in no respects 

 from the present home of the Bagobo, except that in the region above 

 it is always day, and all useful plants grow in abundance. In these 

 places the gimokod are met by the spirits, Toglai and Tigyama, and 

 by them are assigned to their future homes. If a man has been a 

 datu on earth, his spirits have like rank in the other life, but go to the 

 same place as those of common people. The gimokod of evil men are 

 punished by being crowded into poor houses. These spirits may return 

 to their old home for short periods, and talk with the gimokod of the 

 living through dreams, but they never return to dwell again on earth. 



In the districts to the west of Cibolan the general belief is that 

 there are but two gimokod, one inhabiting the right side of the body, the 

 other the left. That of the right side is good, while all evil deeds and 

 inclinations come from the one dwelling on the left. It is a common 

 thing when a child is ill to attach a chain bracelet to its right arm and 

 to bid the good spirit not to depart, but to remain and restore the child 

 to health. In Malilla it is believed that after death the spirit of the 

 right side goes to a good place, while the one on the left remains to 

 wander about on earth as a buso; 1 but this latter belief does not seem 

 to be shared by the people of other districts. 



1 See p. 107. 



