334 The Tinguian 



At first Kakalonan refused, saying he did not want to accept any 

 payment ; but finally he yielded and drained the coconut shell of 

 liquor. After assuring the family that all would be well with them 

 when the ceremony was complete, he took his departure. 



The next spirit to come was Sagangan 1 of Anayan. He appeared to 

 be in a rage, because the proper present had not been prepared for 

 his- coming, and was expressing himself vigorously when a passing 

 woman happened to touch him, and he at once departed. The medium 

 chanted for a long time, urging him to return, and finally he did 

 so. At once he demanded that two bundles of rice have wax heads 

 moulded on them, and that black beads be inserted for eyes. These, 

 he assured them, would serve him as well as the woman's life, so he 

 would make the exchange, and she would get well. 



When the dolls were prepared, he addressed the husband, "My 

 other name is Ingalit, and I live in the sky. What is the matter with 

 the woman?" "I do not know," replied the man. "We ask you." 

 "You ask me, what is the matter with this woman, and I will tell you. 

 How does it happen that Americans are attending the ceremony ?" The 

 husband replied that the Americans wished to learn the Tinguian 

 customs, and this finally seemed to satisfy the superior being. Turning 

 toward the door where the men were still softly playing on the tong- 

 dtong, he called out peevishly, "Tell the people not to play on the tong- 

 dtong, for the spirits who wish to hear it are not present, and we are 

 ashamed to have the Americans hear it. You make this ceremony 

 now because you are sick and do not wish to die, but you could have 

 waited two years." 



While this spirit was talking, another, who said he lived in Lang- 

 bosan, and had been sent by Gilen, came to the body of the second 

 medium. Paying no attention to the other spirit, he began to give 

 instructions for the conduct of the ceremony. The tangpap was to be 

 build the next morning, also two balags (p. 308), and for them they 

 were to prepare one pig. "Do not fail to prepare this pig, but you may 

 use it for both tangpap and balag. You will also make a taltalabong 

 (p. 311). For this you must prepare a different pig, for this is for the 

 sons and servants of Kadaklan." 



After the departure of these beings, ten other spirits came in quick 

 succession. Two of the latter claimed to be Igorot spirits, and both 



1 The spirit who lives in the sagang, the sharpened bamboo sticks on which 

 the skulls of enemies were displayed. 



