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and the war-cry is raised. Sacrificial offices over the chicken 



and omok, rites over two howls of balabba, and rites with 

 betel are performed at the altar called balekdt. Betel is ceremo- 

 nially chewed. The sacred food is deposited in two bamboo 

 vessels, called garong, and elevated to the shelf of the balekdt. 

 A supplementary Awas is performed by the old women. Chanting 

 of Gindaya is resumed, festival dances are performed, accom- 

 panied by the beating of agongs. There ensues a general drink- 

 ing of balabba by the entire company. Three successive periods 

 of chanting gindaya, of dancing, and of gindaya proceed. The 

 feast is served and eaten. There follows a recitation of exploits 

 by the old men as they grasp the bamboos. Men and adoles- 

 cent hoys eat the sacred food at the altar. Drinking of sugar 

 cane liquor and informal speeches take place. Gindaya is sung 

 through the night and until one hour after sunrise. 



Ceremony of Awas, or offerings of areca-nuts to spirits. 



Among the many ritual acts which have been listed in chronological 

 order, are several important ceremonies that have their place on 

 the second and third nights, and on the third day of the Ginum: 

 the Awas. the Tanung, the Pamalugu, the Sonor. A somewhat 

 detailed account of these several functions will now he given, and 

 this will lie followed by a narrative of the events on the fourth 

 and main day of the festival. 



The word awas means, "something given to a god.*' "a gift to 

 a spirit," and there are two or three ceremonies that take their 

 name from the idea of the gift itself. The first or preliminary 

 Awas. called Warag k'awas, is performed on the second night, and 

 consists in the offering of betel to certain gods, to the huso, and 

 to dead gimokud. This ceremony seems like a private one. foi' 

 few attend it besides the old women who conduct the rite, and 

 the chief datu, who assists toward the end. 



The second or main Awas occurs on the afternoon of the third 

 day, in the Long House, in the presence of many people. This 

 second Awas is essentially one of substitution, in which little images 

 are laid down to receive and to hold the diseases of the Bagobo. 



The religious formulae are said by the datu. l>oth the first and 

 the second Awas are characterized by the use of very small leaf- 

 dishes, which have the name id' kinndok and. as aforesaid, bear 

 some resemblance to little boats. 



