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tribal custom or mandate is called bog ok, but among the specific 

 diseases resulting from breaking tabu — and break ins; tabu is 

 merely a phrase for disregard of old customs — are the following. 



Kataluan is a serious skin infection from which a person suffers, 

 it is said, if he sells a pair of old ear-plugs, or any other old 

 object that has become an ikut and is ready to be offered to the 

 gods. It appears that certain divinities are extremely jealous of 

 their ancient rights, and resent the loss of any object that should 

 come to the altar. It would seem, however, that this disease may 

 be present even in a child, for there is a traditional "small boy" 

 of the mythical romance who is covered with the sores called 

 kataluan. 



Parayat, or parayan, shows itself in a form of sickness of which 

 the symptoms arc pain in the eyes, in the wrists and at the elbow 

 joints, extreme pallor and emaciation, and profound drowsiness or 

 lethargic sleep. This sickness comes upon a woman who sells the 

 cloth patterned by over-tying, called binubbtid, while it is still in 

 the process of manufacture. Parayat may also be brought about by 

 witchcraft. 



Kangulag is a term commonly applied to a person who is weak- 

 minded or foolish, but which is used specifically of a girl who is 

 eager for the society of men, and is emotionally unbalanced. \t is 

 generally understood that she has fallen into this condition because 

 she has sold a textile before it was finished and ready to be taken 

 from the loom. Bagobo custom requires that no woven work be 

 sold until fully complete. 



Kan/fas is a mortal illness in which the body grows thinner and 

 weaker until death comes, and which is the expected punishment 

 for any young man who presumes to wear the closed shirt culled 

 Mnombux. This garment is woven of hemp dyed in a solid claret 

 tint, and is reserved for old men and old women. 



SahV tankulu, or tankulu sickness, manifests itself in various 

 symptoms not definitely stated, hut it is sure to attack a man who 

 tics round his head the chocolate colored kerchief called tankulu 

 before he has earned this coveted distinction in the customary 

 manner; that is to say, by killing somebody. 



Kalawag, or yellow skin, is a disease that afflicts a pel-son who 

 mentions the name of his dead grandfather, or the name of any 

 other of his deceased ancestors. The skin turns yellow, the body 

 wastes away, and death results. A hoy may get kalawag as a 



