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will take Aponibolinayen, because Lingiwan wants her now." Pagbo- 

 kasan said, "Do not take her now. You come and bring Lingiwan day 

 after tomorrow." " If that is what you say we will bring him, if you will 

 not let us take Aponibolinayen now. 



When they started to go home Pagbokasan said to them, " Dangdang- 

 ayan wants to marry AponlgawanI who is your daughter." "You will 

 wait until next month," said Langa-an. "After Aponibolinayen and 

 Lingiwan are married, we will think first." Not long after the day on 

 which they agreed to take Lingiwan to Aponibolinayen came, and he 

 carried one jar. 1 As soon as they arrived there they made the rice cere- 

 mony. 2 When the ceremony was over Pagatipanan and Langa-an and 

 the others went home and left Lingiwan. 



As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan Langa-an asked Aponlgaw- 

 anI if she wanted Dangdangayan to be her husband. AponlgawanI 

 said, " If you think it is good for me to be married now, and you think he 

 is a good man for my husband it is all right, for he has magical power 

 like us." As soon as the agreed month passed the parents of Dangdang- 

 ayan came to ask if they wished the marriage. They prepared a num- 

 ber of bast jars for them to drink from when they should arrive. When 

 they arrived there Pagatipanan was prepared and he met them with the 

 bast and they all drank. After that they told all the people who lived 

 in their town that they were going to celebrate the arrival of Pagbokasan 

 and his companions. "Ala, we do not stay long now, Abaldyan* we 

 want to know if you wish Dangdangayan to be married to AponlgawanI. 

 We will have a good time during pakdlon," they said. After that Langa- 

 an and Pagatipanan said, " Now the meal is ready. We are going to eat 

 first and after that you will hear what we say." Arid Pagbokasan and 

 Ebang did not wish to eat for they were in a hurry and only went to hear 

 if they wished Dangdangayan to be the husband of AponlgawanI. "If 

 you do not wish to come and eat with us, we do not want Dangdangayan 

 to be married to AponlgawanI," they said. Then they all went to eat. 

 After they ate, "Ala now that we have finished eating you excuse us, 

 for we want to know if you wish Dangdangayan to be married to 

 AponlgawanI." Langa-an and Pagatipanan said, "You will come next 

 month, we will make pakdlon" So they went home and Dangdangayan 

 went to meet them at the gate of the town, and he asked at once, "Fath- 

 er and mother did they accept me?" He said, "Yes, if we can agree on 

 what they want us to pay, and we have to go there next month." So 



1 The groom's gift. 

 1 See p. 11, notes. 



1 The term which expresses the relationship established between the parents of 

 the bride and groom. 



