78 Traditions of the Tinguian 



which he had left, for he was in a hurry. So she ran and got the ladder 

 to the rice granary, and she hid the belt. Aponltolau met Don Carlos 

 at the gate of the town and he asked him why he had gone into the town, 

 and he answered, "I want to sell something." Not long after Aponlto- 

 lau went to their house and asked Aponlbolinayen why she did not reply 

 to him when he shouted two times. "I did not answer, for I have a 

 headache." "Why is the fastening on the door different from before?" 

 " I don't know. No one came in." Not long after Aponltolau went up 

 into the house. "Now, Aponlbolinayen, I have taken the head of the 

 old man To-odan of Kalasklgan. You command the people to begin to 

 pound rice, for we will make Sayang." 



Not long after Aponltolau saw a flame of fire in the rice granary and 

 he said, "Why is there a fire in the rice granary?" So he ran to see. 

 Not long after he went inside of the granary and he saw what it was. 

 As soon as he saw that it was a golden belt he said, "I think this is the 

 belt of the man who came here while I was gone." So he took it and hid 

 it and did not let Aponlbolinayen see it. Not long after they commanded 

 the people to go and get betel-nuts. When they arrived with the fruit 

 they oiled them and Aponltolau said, "Tell me whom we shall invite 

 beside our relatives in the other towns." And Aponlbolinayen told him 

 to invite Don Carlos of Kabaiganan, for she wished always to see him. 

 So they sent a betel-nut to go and get Don Carlos, and they sent one to 

 the old woman Alokotan of Nagbotobotan and Awig of Natpangan and 

 other towns. 



Not long after the betel-nut reached the place where Don Carlos lived 

 and it met his spirit helpers. As soon as the betel-nut reached Don Carlos, 

 "Aponltolau and Aponlbolinayen are making Sayang, and I came to 

 invite you." "All right, you go first. I will dress and go after you," he 

 said. Not long after he dressed up and went to follow the betel-nuts. 

 Not long after all the other people from the other towns arrived where 

 they were making Sayang and Aponltolau tried to put the belt on each 

 person to see if it fitted and no one was the right size. As soon as Don 

 Carlos arrived Aponltolau tried the belt on him and it was all right. So 

 Aponltolau gave him the belt and he got a golden chair and he put it in 

 the middle of the party and made Don Carlos sit on it. All of the people 

 were dancing and Aponltolau went and sharpened his headaxe. Not 

 long after, "Ala, you Aponlbolinayen take Kanag and Alama-an with 

 you and dance with Don Carlos." Not long after they danced. While 

 they were dancing Aponltolau cut off the head of Don Carlos. The head 

 sprang up and went to the breast of Aponlbolinayen, and Aponlbolina- 

 yen and Kanag and Alama-an ran away, and their clothes were torn, 

 for they ran through many thorns. 



