160 Traditions of the Tinguian 



either. As soon as Kindi-ingan returned they sent Aponlgawanl. 

 When she arrived at the gate of the town they were very glad and 

 Dumanagan thought that Aponlbalagen had used his power so that 

 the sweets, made of rice, were not in the basket until Aponlgawanl went 

 to meet them at the gate of the town. 



Not long after they went up to the gate of the town and they agreed 

 on the marriage price when Dumanagan should marry Aponibolinayen. 

 They said the price was the balaua filled nine times. Not long after 

 when they had paid they all danced. Then the people went back home 

 and Aponlbalagen and his people went back home also. 



Not long after Aponibolinayen was very anxious to eat biw fruit of 

 Tagapolo. So Dumanagan went to get it for her. He arrived where 

 the biw was and he got some, and in a short time he returned to Kada- 

 layapan and he gave the fruit to his wife to eat. As soon as she ate it 

 she became well again. After seven months she gave birth and they 

 called the boy Asbinan. As soon as the boy became large he went to 

 play with the girls. 



As soon as Asigowan of Nagwatowatan noticed the braveness of 

 Asbinan she made balaua, and she commanded the people to pound 

 rice. Not long after she commanded the betel-nuts to go and invite 

 their relatives. The betel-nuts went to all the towns in the world and 

 invited all the people. The next day they oiled the gansas and the 

 people played them and all the people who heard them danced for they 

 liked the sound of them very much. So Asbinan went to attend the 

 balaua. All the people arrived at the place by the spring and a big 

 storm came and wet all of them. Not long after the people who lived 

 in the same town as Aslgowan, which was the town of Nagwatowatan, 

 went to meet them at the spring, to give them dry clothes. They 

 changed their clothes and went up to the town. As soon as they all 

 danced Asbinan saw AsigOwan and he wanted to marry her. So he 

 gave her betel-nut to chew and they told their names, and when they 

 had told their names their quids showed that it was good for them to 

 marry. The father and mother of Asigowan were GagElagatan and 

 Dinowagan, but she lived with the alan. Her father and mother did 

 not know her until she made balaua and Asbinan did not know her until 

 the balaua, then he married her at once. 



As soon as he married her all his concubines used their magic power 

 so that while he was living with Asigowan she would cut her finger. 

 Not long after she truly cut her finger and died. They put her in the 

 tabalang l which had a rooster on top of it. Then all the concubines of 



1 See p. 24, note I. 



