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antoh and to the other one as well, for the Dayaks are 

 determined to leave no stone unturned in their purpose of 

 defeating the latter. The Duhoi (Ot-Danums) told me: 

 "When fowl or babi are sacrificed we never forget to throw 

 the blood and rice mixture toward the sun, moon, and 

 'three of the planets/" With the Katingans the blian 

 (priest-doctor) always drinks a little of the blood when 

 an animal is sacrificed. 



Singing to the accompaniment of drums, gongs, or the 

 blian's shield, and dancing to the sound of drums or gongs, 

 are further inducements brought to bear on the friendly 

 antohs, which are attracted thereby. According to the 

 belief which prevails in their primitive minds, the music 

 and dancing also have a deterrent effect upon the mali- 

 cious ones. Both evil and good antohs are believed to 

 congregate on such occasions, but the dancing and music 

 have a terrifying effect on the former, while on the latter 

 they act as an incentive to come nearer and take possession 

 of the performers or of the beneficiary of the function by 

 entering through the top of the head. A primitive jews*- 

 harp, universally found among the tribes, is played to 

 frighten away antohs, and so is the flute. 



A kindly antoh may enter a man and become his 

 guardian spirit, to whom he occasionally offers food, but 

 it never remains long because that would make the man 

 insane. One must not step over a person, because a 

 benevolent antoh that may be in possession is liable to 

 be frightened away, say the Katingans and other Dayaks. 

 In dancing with masks, which is much practised on the 

 Mahakam, the idea is that the antoh of the animal repre- 



