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talked with the peculiar stacatto accent of the people who live along 

 the Kalinga-Igorot border. 1 



After the departure of the Igorot .spirits, both mediums were 

 possessed, one by Sanadan, a male spirit, and the other by the female 

 spirit of Pangpangdan. At their request the men began again to play 

 on the tongdtong, and the spirits danced. Soon Sanadan began to 

 fondle the woman, to rub her face with his, to feel of her body and at 

 last of her privates. Other spirits, who stayed only long enough to 

 drink, followed them, and then Gonay appeared. The spectators had 

 been openly bored by the last few visitors, but the name of Gonay 

 quickly revived their interest. She began to sing a wailing song in 

 which she told of her sad plight. Time after time she repeated the 

 sentence, "Gongay has no husband, for her mother put a stone in her 

 vagina, yet she loves all young men." From time to time she would 

 pause, and make ludicrous attempts to fondle the young boys, and then 

 when they resisted her, she again took up her plaint. At last she 

 succeeded in getting one young fellow to exchange cigars and head- 

 bands with her, and began to rub her hands on his body, urging him 

 not to leave her. Just when she seemed on the verge of success in 

 winning him, another spirit Baliwaga came to the medium, and the 

 fun-maker had to depart. The newcomer placed an agate bead in a 

 dish, and held it high above his head while he danced. Finally he 

 called out that the bead had vanished, but when he lowered the plate, 

 it was still there, and he left in chagrin. He was succeeded by a dumb 

 female spirit named Damolan, who undertook to do the trick in which 

 her predecessor had failed. Holding the plate high above her head, 

 she danced furiously, and from time to time struck against the side of 

 the dish with the medium's shells. Twice when she lowered the dish, 

 the bead was there, but on the third attempt it had vanished. The 

 trick was so cleverly done that, although we were beside her and 

 watching closely, we did not detect the final movement. With much 

 satisfaction, the medium assured us that the bead would be found in 

 the hair of the man who broke the first ground for the tang pap, a boast 

 which was made good the following morning. 



Adadog came next, and not finding the chicken which should have 

 been placed on the mat for him, he broke out in a great fury and tried 

 to seize a man in its place. He was restrained from doing injury to 

 his victim, and soon left, still highly indignant. Seven other spirits 



1 This is of particular interest, as the Tinguian are hostile to the people 

 of this region, and it is unlikely that either of the mediums had ever seen a 

 native of that region. 



