174 Traditions of the Tinguian 



you do not make Sangdsang for my mistress, at the river, you shall die. 

 You must find a rooster with long tail and spurs; you must mix its blood 

 with rice and put it in the river at dawn when no one can see you." 



The man makes Sangdsang the next night, and puts the blood 

 mixed with rice in a well dug by the river, so that the spirits may take 

 it to their mistress. Kideng also arrives and says, "You must come 

 with me now, for she awaits you who are bearing this offering." They 

 go and arrive. Their mistress eats and says, "I did not think that 

 the blood of people tasted so badly, now I shall not send you again, 

 for you have already killed many people." 



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"You whom I send, go to the place where our relatives live in 

 Sudipan," 2 said Maganawan of Nagbotobotan, "because I desire very 

 much the blood of the rooster mixed with rice." He gave his cane 

 and sack, "When you arrive at the place (of those who live) in Sudipan 

 you wave my cane and the husks of betel-nut which are here in my sack." 

 They truly waved when they arrived: many snakes (were creeping) 

 and many birds (flying) when they waved there by the gate. 



"How many snakes and birds now," said the Ipogau. 3 "Go! 

 command to make Sangdsang," said the married ones. 



"We shall wait the blood of the rooster mixed with rice, because 

 they remember to command to make Sangdsang," said those who 

 Maganawan of Nagbotobotan commanded. They took the blood of 

 the rooster mixed with rice, which was put in the saloko* in the yard; 

 they arrived to their master. "How slow you are," said Maganawan. 

 "We are only slow, because there was no one who listened to us where 

 we arrived first," said those whom he commanded; "we went up (the 

 river) until there was on© who remembered to command to make 

 Sangdsang, which is what we now bring to you — the blood of the 

 rooster mixed with rice." They gave; he put in his mouth — the 

 one who commanded them — he spit out. "Like this which is spit 

 out (shall be) the sickness of the Ipogau who remember me," said 

 Maganawan of Nagbotobotan. After that it is as if nothing had 

 happened to the family. 



1 Chanted when the Sangdsang ceremony is made for sickness, or to take away a 

 bad omen. 



2 Spirit name for the earth 

 s See p. 172, note 4. 



4 See p. 22, note 3. 



