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special house, called dakul huh (big house), which is long- in 

 proportion to its width. Tt is also called "house with a good roof," 

 as special care is taken to make the roof tight and secure. The 

 whole house is strongly built, having walls of balekayo firmly bound 

 with rattan, and a double floor of split bamboo. The roof is 

 closely thatched with meadow-grass or witli nipa. No private house 

 is built with like care, and it would be in harmony with the 

 character of the rites to assume that the festival house is made 

 secure primarily to keep out those evil beings whose presence at 

 the ceremonial is feared. The ceremonial house, which I shall call 

 the Long House, is placed at the edge of the village, near the 

 opening of the trail leading down the mountain. At the time of the 

 great festival, the Long House serves also as a guest house, for the 

 entertainment of a great number of visitors. I83 



The Grinum here described was given by Datu I Heng, the distin- 

 guished chief of the native district of 'Falun, at his home village 

 called Mati, situated on the summit of Mount Merar. Oleng died 

 at an advanced age, several months after this (his last) Ginum. 



Chronology of the Preparation, and of the Four Main Days 

 of the Festival. On account of ill health, and the added infirmities 

 of old age, Datu Oleng had retired from the exercise of the ac- 

 tive duties of chieftainship, and his eldest son, [do, was holding 

 the position of executive datu. Temperamentally, he was not as 

 well fitted as his father to plan and to organize large affairs, and 

 somehow he failed to lay in the necessary supplies in time for 

 the festival. This was one reason for the long delays that occurred 

 during the preparation, and even after the formal opening. Possi- 

 bly, too, there may have been another cause. Some weeks before 

 this (i ilium, 1 heard that the boy had been picked out for the 

 sacrifice. Whether or not he was offered up at that time, E do 

 not know. My arrival might easily have upset the original plan, 

 to the extent of requiring secrecy in making the sacrifice, with 



183 In central Celebes, the ceremonial house, called Lobo, has a variety of functions, 

 as enumerated by the Sarasins. "Diese Lobo's dienen versehiedeuen Zwcckeu zugleich. 

 Kinmal Bind sie der angennmmene Wohnsitz der Dorfschutzgeister, Anitu, und in dicser 

 Eigenschaft konnen sie als Tempcl oder Geisterhauser bczeichnet werden; dann aber 

 werden in ihnen alle wichtigen Beratungcn, Versammlungen und l'estlichkeiten der Dorf- 

 bewohner nbgchaltcn, sic dienen auch als Rutshiiuser; drittens linden darin Passanten cine 

 Unterkunft und eincn Herd zum Abkochen, und dainit erfiillt der Lobo auch den Dienst 

 ciner Herberge." P. and P. Sauasin : op. cit., vol. I, pp. 216—217. 1905. 



