86 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap. 



whereas with the I bans the change has been com- 

 pleted and the hawk-god is completely anthropo- 

 morphic. Corresponding with this increased im- 

 portance and definition of the anthropomorphic 

 hawk-god, we find that for the I bans the virtue has 

 departed out of the individual hawks, and that they 

 are no longer consulted for omens; for the I bans 

 say that Singalang Burong never leaves his house, 

 and that for this reason they do not take omens 

 from the hawks when going on the war-path. 

 Nevertheless, he is the chief or ruler over all the 

 other omen birds, who are merely his messengers. 

 He thus seems to have come to occupy almost the 

 supreme position accorded to Bali Penyalong by the 

 Kenyahs. The following notes are the statements 

 made upon this subject by a very intelligent I ban 

 of the Undup district : Once a year they make a 

 big feast for Singalang Burong and sing for about 

 twelve hours, calling him and Klieng and all the 

 Petara to the feast. (This is the ceremony known 

 2L^gawai burong. It is a most tedious and monoton- 

 ous performance after the first few hours.) In olden 

 days Singalang Burong used to come to these feasts 

 in person as a man just like an I ban in appearance 

 and behaviour. At the end of the feast he would 

 go out, take off his coat, and fly away in the form 

 of a white-headed hawk. Now they are not sure that 

 he comes to their feast, because they never see him. 

 Singalang Burong is greater than Klieng, although 

 it is Klieng that gives them heads in war. Singa- 

 lang Burong married an I ban woman, Kachindai 

 Lanai Pantak Girak, and he gave all his daughters 

 in marriage to the omen-birds. Dara Inchin Tem- 

 baga Monghok Chelabok married Katupong {Sasia 

 abnormis)\ Dara Selaka Utih Nujut married Mam- 

 buas [Carcurentis) ; Pingai Tuai Nadai Mertas Indu 

 Moa Puchang Penabas married Bragai [Harpactes)\ 

 Indu Langgu Katungsong Ngumbai Dayang Katu- 



