218 Traditions of the Tinguian 



39 



The different parts of the house quarrel and each insists on its im- 

 portance. At last they recognize how necessary each one is for the 

 other and cease their wrangling; then the people who live in the house 

 are again in good health. 



40 



The great spirit sees the people of Bisau celebrating the Ubaya 

 ceremony, and determines to reward them by increasing their worldly 

 goods. He appears as a man and rewards them. 



41 



Dayapan, who has been ill for seven years, goes to bathe. The 

 spirit Kabonlyan enters her body and instructs her how to perform 

 healing ceremonies. He also teaches her how to plant and reap, and 

 she in turn teaches the Tinguian. While she is bathing she ties a cock 

 and dog by the water side. The dog eats the cock, and thus death comes 

 into the world. 



42 



Girl who lacks certain organs is ashamed to marry. She is sent by 

 her mother to cause lameness to people who pass. A man who falls 

 victim to her magic is only cured when the girl instructs him how to 

 make the Bairn ceremony. 



43 



The spirit Kabonlyan instructs a sick man to make offerings at the 

 guardian stones. He does as bidden and becomes well. They per- 

 form ceremonies near the stones when they go to fight or celebrate 

 balaua, and sometimes the spirit of the stones appears as a wild rooster, 

 a white cock, or a white dog. A man who defiles the stones becomes 

 crazy. 



44 



Man sees a woman walking at night near the guardian stones. She 

 refuses to talk and he cuts her in the thigh. She vanishes into the 

 stones. Next day it is seen that one of the stones is cut. Man dies. 



45 



The old men of Lagayan see peculiarly shaped stones traveling down 

 the river, accompanied by a band of blackbirds. They catch the stones 

 and carry them to the gate of the village, where they have since remained 

 as guardians. 



