72 Traditions of the Tinguian 



As soon as they drank Ebang went to cook. As soon as she finished 

 cooking they ate. After they finished eating they took the big coconut 

 shell and filled it with basi and each of them drank, and they were all 

 drunk, and Langa-an said, " I like to hear from you if you wish Linglwan 

 to be a son. Soon Pagbokasan and Ebang agreed. They decided on the 

 day for pakdlon. So Langa-an went home and when she arrived she laid 

 down on the porch of the house for she was drunk, and Linglwan saw 

 her and waked her. "What is the matter with you?" he said. "I am 

 drunk for Pagbokasan and Ebang urged me to drink much basi, so I was 

 scarcely able to get home, that is why I slept on the porch." "Mother, 

 you go into the house, do not sleep on the porch." So she went in and 

 Linglwan asked her the result of her visit to Kaodanan. " They accepted 

 you and we agreed to make pakdlon the day after tomorrow." So Lingl- 

 wan was glad, and went to tell the people about his marriage, and all the 

 people prepared so that they might go. 



As soon as the agreed day came they went to Kaodanan and they 

 took many pigs and basi jars. When they arrived there Pagbokasan, who 

 was the father of Aponlbolinayen, and the other people were already there 

 and had cooked many caldrons of rice and meat. Pagbokasan took the 

 gansa 1 and he commanded someone to play and they danced. After 

 that they ate. As soon as they finished to eat they played the gansa 

 again and they danced. Iwaginan of Pindayan said, "Stop playing the 

 gansas we are going to settle on how much they must pay for Aponlboli- 

 nayen. As soon as we agree we will dance." And the people were quiet 

 and they agreed how much Linglwan was to pay. The father and 

 mother of Linglwan offered the balaua three times full of jars which 

 are malayo and tadogan and ginlasan? The people did not agree and 

 they said, "Five times full, if you do not have that many Linglwan may 

 not marry Aponlbolinayen." He was so anxious to marry her that he 

 told his parents to agree to what the people said. As soon as they agreed 

 Langa-an used magic so that all the jars which the people wanted were 

 already in the balaua — five times full. As soon as they gave all the 

 jars which they paid, Iwaginan ordered them to play the gansas and they 

 danced. After they danced, all their relatives who went to attend 

 pakdlon were anxious to go home for they had been there one month. 

 "Do not detain us, for we are one month here." So Pagbokasan let them 

 go. Everyone carried home some jars and they all went home. 3 So 

 Pagatipanan said to Pagbokasan, "Now that the pakdlon is over we 



1 Copper gong. 



2 See p. 59, note I. 



* It is the custom to distribute a part of the marriage price among the relatives 

 of the bride. 



