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at Tubison on this last night, as one of the early evening functions. 

 A single agong — a very large one — tunned the altar, and on 

 this the entire ceremony was performed, there being no additional 

 •agong holding water and medicine for lavations. The rite of washing 

 and the anito seance were both absent from the Sonar as performed 

 at Tnbison. On the other hand, we have at Tubison the ceremonial 

 preparation and chewing of areca-nut and betel-leaf on the part of 

 the old men. a function which at Tallin did not occur in connection 

 with the agong oblation. Another element of variation was the large 

 number of sacred dishes used in drinking the sugar cane liquor. 

 There were, in all. sixteen cups, saucers, and plates, eight being 

 placed to the right of the agong. and eight to the Left; whereas 

 at Tallin there were but four bowls and one individual cup. The 

 wide variety in the kinds of gifts brought to the altar at the Tallin 

 feast has been noted; but at Tubison the offerings were noticeably 

 limited to swords, knives and brass armlets, 218 there being no 

 textiles in - bead-work or embroidery produced for the rite. Many 

 of the bracelets were brought tied in bunches, and a few of these 

 the celebrant fastened to the swords that leaned upon the agong. 

 In other respects, the details of Sonaran as performed at the two 

 places were fairly parallel. 



The bamboo prayer-stands. 21 '' called tambara^ formed at Tubison 

 :\ more distinctive ceremonial (dement than at Tallin. It will be 



Tubison, I understood, as well as at the later one ; just as at Taluu this ritual drinking 

 occurred at the agong ceremony and also at the liual sacrificial rites. As a whole, how- 

 ever, I should remark that the two ceremonies stood out from each other more sharph 

 distiuet at Talun than at Tubison. 



118 There were in all thirty-live brass armlets brought to the altar, in eight clusters 

 at different times, the clusters numbering from two to six armlets each; of these only 

 three were the fine bracelets cast from a wax mould and called baliniltung, the others 

 being the wire armlets punched in patterns and called pankis. As for the swords, thej 

 were all of the long, one-edged type called kampilan — the most valued weapon among 

 lio men, and always worn in lull dress. The ritual performance over the agong 

 opened with eight kampilan piled oue upon another, and resting in part on the floor, 

 ami in part on the agong. After the sugar cane wine had been poured into the sixteen 

 ■dishes, another kampilan was brought, thus giving nine, instead of the eight that at 

 Talun made the proper count. 



11 ■ In each corner of the house stood a bamboo prayer-stand (lambara) dedicated, 



ectively, to the god of the house (dios ka balT), the god of the tire (dios ka apui/\ 



the personal guardian of our host (dios ku Dutu Imbal), and the unseen spiritual protector 



■ ailed Tungo, this last shrine being Bel up «ith the particular intention of keeping the 



I'amih from sickness i .i in ma-akit to manoho tun to bale" — "not sick the people in 



