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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



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Streaks along the mountainside so it would 

 come and drink wine and drink it through 

 its lips onto its tongue. When you have 

 drunk, give some to the crazy people along 

 the road (so they will not come). When 

 you have eaten and drunk, you must go and 

 watch the house for the bride's relatives. 

 Come you all, Heo lo Hai. 



We have come to your home and have 

 escorted the bride to see her father and 

 mother-in-law. After three mornings we will 

 take her back to see her father and mother. 

 We have escorted the girl to the home of you 

 old folks. If your meat is good, bring a bowl- 

 ful. If your wine is good, bring a cupful. 



The meat has come, but we have not yet 

 eaten it. Wine has come, but we have not 

 drunk it. We will turn the spoon over and 

 offer some wine. We will make offerings to 

 the lives of you people here. We will make 

 offerings to the life of your house, of the rear 

 of the house, the ricefield, the earth, the bed, 

 your ancestors, the front door, the side door, 

 the front gate, and the looms, so they will all 

 come together and eat meat and drink wine. 

 When we have made the offering, you come 

 and live with us. Tomorrow be companions 

 with us. Heo lo Hai. 



May you (bride and groom) in the future 

 have plenty to eat and when you speak have 

 results, and when others see you may they 

 praise you. 



A Song Welcoming a Bride to Her New 

 Home 5* (317) 



So. If the old people escorting the bride do 

 not come, still their hearts are in accord. If 

 the old people come, it is fitting. Although 

 we are just learning to sing, when the old 

 people come, they carry a stick in their 

 hands.^'^ Although we have come without 

 the stick, we are wearing shoes with which 

 to oppose you. So. Dig and find the bride. 

 Who wants to eat the flesh of a rooster (the 

 one killed to entertain guests at this time)? 

 The old people want to eat the meat of a 

 rooster. Who wants to eat the flesh of a boar 

 (which it is necessary to kill at this feast)? 

 The old people want to get boar meat to eat. 

 The meat of the rooster is fragrant. The 

 rooster was caught in the deep forest (in the 

 past wild pheasants were used, now domestic 

 roosters). The meat of the spotted boar is 



s* Sung when the guests liave arrived with the 

 bride, whom they expect to be detained in the 

 new home. 



'•5 A person escorting the bride should carry a 

 stick in his hand. 



also fragrant. The boar came from on top of 

 the ridge. From this time we will keep the 

 bride. Dig to find the bride. This song is new 

 indeed. 



So77g Sung When Ma'l(ing Offerings to the 

 Departed Ancestors When a Girl Is Given 

 Away in Marriage (645) 



Now we are giving a daughter away in 

 marriage. The girl's family has brought meat 

 and wine. They have prepared much meat so 

 that it fills up a bowl. The wine is good, and 

 the bubbles stick to the cups. Much meat has 

 been prepared, and it has filled up a bowl. 

 The bubbles of the wine float about, and then 

 stick to the sides of the cup. The descendants 

 have not yet eaten or drunk. We will first 

 come forward and make offerings to the 

 female and male ancestors for three genera- 

 tions. When you have eaten, you must go and 

 remove quarrels and also remove the stupid 

 sons who are by the wayside, and remove the 

 crazy men who are by the roadside. You 

 must increase the strength of your descendants 

 so they can do farming and nourish their 

 sons and daughters. In the future your de- 

 scendants will bring meat and wine, and they 

 will first make offerings to you, and then you 

 will be able to eat and drink. Let my female 

 and male ancestors for three generations all 

 come together and drink. Large and small, 

 old and young, who have formerly died, come 

 together and drink. Heo lo Hai.^^ 



Chant When Mahjng Offerings at the Home 

 of the Groom When the Bride Arrives 

 (646) 



Heo lo Hai. Today we are marrying a 

 bride for our son. We have prepared the 

 meat and the rice, but we have not yet eaten. 

 We will first come and make offerings to you. 

 When you have eaten you must increase the 

 strength of your descendants so they can farm. 

 You must also add to the strength of your 

 descendants so they can nourish their sons 

 and daughters and have sons and grandsons. 

 Afterward the sons and grandsons will also 

 have sons and grandsons so in the future they 

 will have great power, and they will have 

 food and drink, and in the future when the 

 marriage day arrives they will prepare wine 

 and meat, and when they have prepared it 

 they will not eat and drink it, but will first 

 make offerings to the female and male ances- 



5^ After chanting the song, the ancestors must 

 all be called upon by name and invited to eat and 

 drink. 



