82 Traditions of the Tinguian 



Dagdagalisit. So they went; Aponlbolinayen carried the poor box and 

 Awig took her beads and clothes off from her, and he gave her old clothes 

 to use, and so they went. 



When they were near the spring they threw away the things they 

 carried, the female pig and poor box. While they were walking near the 

 town of Dagdagalisit, which was KabEnbEnlan, Ayo saw the golden 

 house. "We must not walk by the side of the golden house, for I am 

 ashamed before the man who owns it," said Ayo to Dagdagalisit. They 

 were still walking and Ayo followed him. As soon as they arrived at the 

 ladder Dagdagalisit went upstairs and Ayo did not because she thought 

 that Dagdagalisit did not own that house, and Dagdagalisit made her go 

 up, and she did. As soon as she arrived above Dagdagalisit went to get 

 rice to give Ayo to cook. " Cook this, Ayo, while I go to catch fish for us 

 to eat," he said, and he went. As soon as he caught two fish he went 

 home, and he left the dry bark of the banana, which he used as a clout, 

 by the river, and he became LlgJ, 1 so he went home. As soon as he 

 arrived he made Ayo wake up, when he finished cooking the fish, and 

 the baby went to him to be carried. He called Ayo and she did not go. 

 " I wait for my husband, we will both eat at one time, bye and bye," she 

 said, and she took the baby which he carried, for she was ashamed. " No, 

 I was Dagdagalisit, but used the bark of the banana tree for a clout, 

 because I changed my form. Let us eat." So they ate. As soon as they 

 finished eating, "We shall make balaua so that we invite all our relatives 

 in the different towns, and we also shall invite Awig and Aponlgonay," he 

 said. Not long after he went and took the betel-nuts which he cut. 

 When he had cut them all he oiled them and sent them to the different 

 towns. 



When the people from the different towns arrived by the spring in 

 KabEnbEnlan they were surprised because all the stones of the spring 

 were of gold. Not long after they went up to the town. Next day 

 Awigand Aponlgonay started to go. "Ala, Aponlgonay, take rice so that 

 we may cook it in KabEnbEnlan, because Aponlbolinayen and Dagdaga- 

 lisit have no rice to cook. What will Dagdagalisit use for his balaua? 

 He ties a banana bark clout on his body. I do not think he has rice, so 

 we will take some for us to eat. You people who live in the same town 

 we go to attend balaua. You take food with you for Aponlbolinayen and 

 Dagdagalisit make balaua." Not long after they went, and when they 

 arrived in the place where the spring is in KabEnbEnlan they saw the 

 beautiful spring whose stones were all gold. The gravel which they used 

 to wash the pottery with was all agates which have no holes through 



1 Another name for Aponltolau. 



