90 Traditions of the Tinguian 



dance circle will be disturbed, if we fight." They still requested him, 

 and he went up to the place where they danced during the two months. 



Dalinmanok of Dalinapoyan said, "Long ago, when my grand- 

 father was young, the town of Kadalayapan became wooded." (He 

 meant that his grandfather had destroyed the town in which Aponito- 

 lau's ancestors lived.) "My grandfather Dagolayen long ago said, 

 'Dalinapoyan, Dagala, and also Dagopan became wooded.' Then 

 Dalinmanok became angry; he looked like a courting cock and seized 

 Aponltolau by the hair. "It is as I predicted, Cousin Gawigawen; the 

 circle is now broken." They parted the fighters, but the hawk hastened 

 to the town of Kadalayapan to tell Aponlgawani. 



"Cousin Dumalagan, Cousin Agyokan; the enemy — the old one — 

 has killed my brother Aponltolau at the Sayang of Gawigawen of Adasin, 

 so says the hawk." After that they started and- soon arrived in Adasin. 

 They began at the south end of the town and killed so many it looked 

 as though they were cutting down banana trees. "Look down, Aponl- 

 tolau, and see if you know the men who are destroying the town." 

 Aponltolau truly looked. "Why, Cousin Dumalagan and Cousin 

 Agyokan, do you destroy the town?" "Because the hawk reported to 

 Aponlgawani that you had been killed by the old enemy in the town of 

 Adasin, and she has thrown away her upper arm beads l by the gate of 

 Kadalayapan." 



"Ala! you stop. Ala! You who live, join their headsand theirbodies; 

 you join all," he said. "I will spit once and they will appear as if they 

 were not cut at all. I will whip my perfume which is banowEs, they 

 quickly breathe. I whip my perfume which is alikadakad (clatter) , and 

 they quickly stand up. I whip my perfume which is dagimonau (monau 

 — just awakened) and they quickly recover." 2 "Oh, how long we have 

 slept," they said. " How long we have slept, you say, and you have been 

 dead." "Oh, how powerful are the people of Kadalayapan! Even if we 

 die, we may hope to live again at once," they said, and all went up to the 

 house of Gawigawen. 



"Now Dalinmanok of Dalinapoyan, Dumpoga of Dagala, Ligi of 

 Madagltan and Ligi of Dagopan, expect me in two months' time, for I 

 shall come to fight you." After that they agreed and everybody went 

 home. When they arrived at Kadalayapan there were no upper arm 

 beads on Aponlgawani, for she believed the hawk when it told her Aponl- 

 tolau was dead. " No, I am not dead, but when two months have passed 

 I shall go to fight Dalinmanok and his companions." 



1 As a sign of mourning. 



2 See p. i8, note I. 



