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"become like Mandalangan." 1 The head, forearms, and lower part 

 of the legs are carried back to the village where they are cut to pieces 

 by the women and children. The men take no part in this mutilation 

 of the body, but as soon as the fragments are buried they begin to dance, 

 meanwhile holding their unsheathed knives high above their heads. 

 After a time the head-man blows loudly on a decorated bamboo trumpet 

 (Fig. 46), while all the men unite in shouting "to announce their vic- 

 tory." At last they have fulfilled all the commands of Mandalangan 

 and without fear they enter the house and partake of the red food 

 which has been offered to him. 



The events just preceding and following the birth of a child are very 

 similar to those of the Bagobo, except that there are no restrictions of 

 any kind placed on the father and mother, neither are there any cere- 



FIG. 46. 



Tambolang or Bamboo Trumpet. 



monies connected with the birth or naming of a child unless unusual 

 events have convinced the people that the spirits are in some way 

 displeased. 2 



The afterbirth is placed in the care of an old woman who carries it 

 directly to a sturdy molave 3 tree and there attaches it to the branches 

 "so that the child may become strong like the tree." While on this 

 mission the bearer looks neither to the right nor to the left, nor does 

 she hesitate, for such actions on her part might influence the disposition 

 of the child or cause it to have physical deformities. 4 No special at- 

 tention is given to youths when they reach the age of puberty, although 

 it is customary to file and blacken their teeth at about that period. 



Marriage is attended by gifts and ceremonies, such as we have 

 previously described. We find the groom paying a price for his bride, 



1 At times the skull is opened and the brain eaten. 



2 Triplets are killed, as with the Bagobo. 



3 Vitex littoralis Decne. 



4 Similar beliefs are held by the Tinguian of Northern Luzon. 



