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CH UAN JvDAO SON'GS AND STORIES 



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and blood which have been cooked. WTien 

 they are through eating the priest says, '^ye 

 Nts'ai Zye Leo, have you come?" Then 

 e%erybody replies, "He has come," 



When they are about to worship the sky 

 demon, they spht the skull of the pig open 

 and take the brain and offer h to the sky 

 demon. They do not tell the demon that it 

 is pig brains but say to the demon, "This is 

 salL" Then they ofier some salt and say, 

 "This is ashes v,e are using to worship you." 

 Then the priest says, "Zye Nts'ai Zye Leo, 

 have you come?" Then all reply, "Qjme," 

 meaning that he has come. "Have you come 

 to eat pig brains, wUl you come?" They re- 

 ply, "He has come." He then ofiers the pig's 

 liver and says, "Have you come?" They re- 

 ply, "He has come." He offers the pig's kid- 

 neys and says, "Have you come?" Thej- re- 

 ply, "He has come." He o5ers the intestines 

 and says, "Have you come?" They reply, "He 

 has come." Then in the same wa\' the stom- 

 ach, some of the bloody biscuits, then rice are 

 oScied, each time with the same question and 

 tihe same answer. 



When the a'oove has been finished, they 

 take the ropes used to tie the pig, the bamboo 

 flutes, and the seven wooden knives used to 

 cut the blood biscuits, and they bring them 

 and say, "Now we are going to escort Bang 

 Tsi out of doors." Then the priest sings the 

 following song: 



"The fiowers will slov/Iy fade away. 



'"Yang Leo Gu Hnun (Mr. Yang who is 

 excellent at shooting arrows; came for a long 

 time today. He wUl return to NtzFs plain. 

 Eecatise the Chinese were not e£:ient in 

 worshiping the sky demon, they vranted me, 

 Yang Leo, to go and help the Chinese v,-&r- 

 ship him. At that time the pig's heart of the 

 Chinese stuck to the cooking vessel. 



"And the Chinese said that I, Yang Leo, 

 ate iL 



'They said that I swallowed it. So the 

 Chinese brought soldiers and surrounded my 

 house and attacked. Ntseo (ntAu), the Chi- 

 nese, shot me dead- 



"He killed me dead bdow that stone slab 



"And threw me over the cliff. 



'■-Now Zye Nts'ai Zye Leo, ah, 



"Now this family's pig has been killed and 

 eaten up. 



"The pigpen has been split up and burnt. 



'You (the demon) go, and you must not 

 come back. 



"W^e have escorted you to NtzFs sky to li^■e. 



"Go, go, go, go." 



Then all the rop>es that tied the pig, the 

 sevca wooden knives, the sticks used in tying 

 the pig, and the bamboo cups are all taken 

 outside and thrown into the mouth of a cave 

 on the side of a cliS. Then the front door 

 of the house is closed, and it is not opened 

 again for three years. 



Tke C.\i.e>"o.vr FESTr.-.ii.s 



rHE N~W TE.\5 



A New Year Song (320) 



I roamed aU over the world, and it stirred 

 my mind. I roamed as far as Lo Ts'en TsFs 

 road. Speaking of the earth, I have roamed 

 all over the sky, and I went as far as De Ch'ai 

 Niong's dwelling. Lo Ts'en TsI first came, 

 and he slept until midnight. He remembered 

 that there was a parlor that contained many 

 pet^le. 



When De Ch'ai Nlong first came, he re- 

 membered that there was a New Year's hall. 

 Lo Ts'en Tsi had an animal hall on the pass 

 in which to make offerings to the souls of 

 animals. De Ch'ai Niong went to the new 

 spring hall on the back side of the moun- 

 tain. Lo Ts'en Tsi had a new place for com- 

 memorating the flowers which he placed on 

 one side waiting until Dao Ren Hmong Ren 

 ! should come and visit him . 



De Ch'ai Niong had an animal hall where 

 he played. He v^•aited until Dao Re Hmong 

 Re (Dao Ren Hmong Ren) went with him 



and danced. Dao Re Hmong Re went vriLh 

 them as far as the ridge. They waited until 

 Dao Re Hmong Re went to roam, and after 

 they came back they farmed the crops and 

 the crops were good. De Ch'ai Niong's New 

 Year hall was near to the forest. After Dao 

 Re Hmong Re paid his respects to the New 

 Year parlor, they went back with him, and 

 then crops were escellenL 



At that time Lo Ts'en Tsi made another 

 New Year parlor in the borderland. De Ch'ai 

 Niong also went and made another hall for 

 the souls of animals in a good place. Lo Ts'en 

 Tsi v.ent past the New Year hall and left it 

 on one side. After a day Dao Re Hmong Re 

 came along to pay respects to this New Year's 

 hall with them all. De Ch'ai Nlong went 

 past the animal-soul altar and left it there. 



One day Dao Re Hmong Re with his 

 friends arose and went past the parlor. Then 

 they went home and did farming that had 

 many good uses. Then they paid respects to 



