84 Traditions of the Tinguian 



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Aponlbalagen went to put Aponlbolinayen in Kabwa-an, where no 

 one could see her. As soon as they arrived at the ocean they rode on the 

 crocodiles to Kabwa-an. When they arrived there Aponlbalagen used 

 magic so that a big golden house stood in the middle of a wide plain. 

 In the yard were many betel-nut trees and a spring below the trees. The 

 gravel where the stream flowed was beads called pagatpat and kodla, and 

 the leaves and grass used to rub the inside of the jars was a necklace of 

 golden wire. 



When the golden house, and betel-nuts, and spring had appeared, 

 Aponlbalagen left an old woman with Aponlbolinayen and Alama-an, 

 and Sinogyaman and Indiapan, and he went back home, and he said to 

 them, "Do not be afraid to stay, for no one can see you here, where I 

 have put you, and if anyone tries to come here the crocodiles will eat 

 them. You have everything you need." So he went home. 



Ingiwan who lived in Kabilabilan went to take a walk. As soon as 

 he arrived at the ocean he wondered how he could get across. Not long 

 after he put his headaxe on the water and he rode on it, for he used magic, 

 and his headaxe floated and went to the other side of the ocean. As 

 soon as he reached the other side he took a walk and he saw the big gold- 

 en house in the middle of the wide plain. He was surprised, and he went 

 to see it, and the crocodiles all slept while he crossed the ocean. When 

 he reached the spring he said, "How pretty the well is. I think the 

 girl who owns this well has magical power, and that she is pretty also." 

 So he went to the house and said, "Good afternoon." Alama-an was 

 cooking, and she said, "Good afternoon." She looked at him from the 

 window, and she saw that he was a fine looking man. She did not tell 

 Aponlbolinayen, but she had him go up the ladder. The old woman who 

 took care of them asked why she did not tell her and Aponlbolinayen. 

 Alama-an said she did not know what she was doing when she had him 

 go up. So the old woman went to ask him what he came for. He said, 

 " I just took a walk and I did not know how to get home, for there was 

 a very high bank in the way, so I came across the ocean to learn the other 

 way back home. While I was still on the ocean I saw this big golden 

 house. I came here, for I was very tired, for it is more than one month 

 since I left Kabilabilan." "Ala, you Alama-an go and cook some food 

 for this young man," said the old woman, and Alama-an went truly, and 

 when she finished cooking, the old woman called him to eat. The young 

 man said he did not wish to eat unless one of the ladies who never went 

 outdoors x ate with him. "Alama-an is the girl who never goes outdoors," 



1 See p. 54. 



