1 66 Traditions of the Tinguian 



the boy's stomach, and directly Asbinan sat up. Dawlnlsan said to 

 him, "Come into the house and we will tell our names and see if we 

 are relatives." So they went into the house and she told him to set 

 down on a golden seat which looked like a fawn. As soon as he sat 

 down he said, "Pretty, young girl, when I see you I am blinded by your 

 beauty. I came here because I wish to marry you." "Oh, Asbinan! 

 I am ashamed, but I do not want to be married yet," said Dawlnlsan. 

 "Dawlnlsan, even if you tell me to leave you, I will not do it until you 

 promise to marry me. I will stay with you now," he said. Dawlnlsan 

 replied, "Even though you should stay here one month, I do not care," 

 Asbinan said. " Let us chew betel-nut and see if the quids turn to beads 

 with no hole, and lie side by side; or if they lie parallel, then it is not good 

 for us to marry; so we shall see." 



Not long after they chewed betel-nut, and when they laid down 

 their quids they were agate beads, and they laid side by side; so they 

 saw it was good for them to marry. "Ala, now it is good for us to 

 marry and we are related." Dawlnlsan replied, "Ala, go and tell 

 your mother that if they have everything we want and will pay what 

 we want, you can marry me." Asbinan said, "Yes," and he went to 

 his grandmother Alokotan. "Ala, my grandmother Alokotan, what 

 shall we do? Dawlnlsan said that if we have everything they want and 

 will pay it for her, she will marry me." The old woman said, "Ala, 

 do not worry about that, I will see." 



Not long after they started and took Asbinan, and when they 

 arrived at the house of Dawlnlsan they agreed on the marriage price. 

 Her mother said, " If you can fill our balaua nine times with gold shaped 

 like deer, and jars which are addvban and ginlasan, Asbinan can marry 

 our daughter." Alokotan and the others replied, "Ala, if that is what 

 you say it is all right, and we can pay more." So Alokotan used magic 

 and the balaua was filled nine times with the things they wished, and 

 there were more golden deer than jars. The father and mother and 

 relatives of the girl said, "Asbinan and our daughter Dawlnlsan can be 

 married now." When the pakdlon was over, Alokotan used magic and 

 she said, "I use my power so that they will not know that they are 

 transferred to Kadalayapan," and all the houses went to Kadalayapan. 

 Not long after the people who went to attend the pakdlon found that 

 they were in Kadalayapan and they were surprised, and the people 

 from the other towns went home when the pakdlon was finished. 



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"I am going to lie down on the stone which is like a seat below the 

 dumalotau tree," said Ayo, for she felt hot in the middle of the day. 



