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2>$2 • The Tinguian 



and since the mediums were particularly anxious that we know all the 

 details, the information in this instance is unusually complete. It is 

 here given in full, as an excellent example of how all are conducted. 



A Manabo woman, the wife of Sagasag, was seized with an illness 

 which deprived her of the use of her limbs, and when other means of 

 relief failed, was told by the spirits to give the Tangpap ceremony, to 

 which she already had a hereditary right. A medium was summoned, 

 and she, with two assistants, began to prepare many presents for the 

 spirits who were expected to attend the ceremony. From previous 

 experience it was known the sort of gift each would appreciate, and by 

 the end of the second day the following things were in readiness. 



For the spirits Bakod and Olak, 1 a rice winnower was loaded with 

 a shield, a clay dish, a coconut shell filled with basi, a string of beads, 

 a small basket, two bundles of rice, and leaves of the atilwag (Brcynia 

 acuminata), later the half of a slain pig was also added. 



Cords were attached at each corner of the living room, and beneath 

 the points where they crossed was a mat on which the mediums were 

 to sit when summoning the spirits. On the cords were leaves, grasses, 

 and vines, the whole forming a decoration pleasing to the superior 

 beings, I-anayan and I-angawan. 



For Gapas they provided two small baskets of rice, a shell called 

 gosipeng, and a rattan-like vine, tanobong, betel-nuts and piper-leaf. 



Bogewan received a basket of rice, some white thread, sections of 

 posel — a variety of bamboo — , atilwag leaves, and some beads. For 

 Bognitan, a jar was partly filled with tanobong, and for Gilin, a jar of 

 basi. Cooked rice was moulded into the form of an alligator, and 

 was spotted with red, betel saliva. This, when placed on a basket of 

 rice, was intended for Bolandan. 



Soyan was provided with a basket which contained the medium's 

 'shells and a cloth, while Ibaka received a jar cover filled with salt. 

 Dandawila had to be content with a stem of young betel-nuts, and 

 Bakoki with two fish baskets filled with pounded rice, also a spear. A 

 large white blanket was folded into a neat square, and on it was laid 

 a lead sinker for the use of Mamonglo. 



As a rule, three spirits named MabEyan attended this ceremony. For 

 the first, a bamboo frame was constructed, and on it was placed a 

 female pig, runo (a reed), and prepared betel nut. For the second, a 

 shield, fish net, rice and a rice winnower, and a bit of string; while 



1 Many spirits which appear here and in Sayang are not mentioned in the 

 alphabetical list of spirits, as they play only a local or minor role in the life 

 of the people. 



