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six following. The true vengeance ceremony is not held until the omen 

 spirit appears with the decree of fate. Should it appear with a favor- 

 able decree on the morning of the burial day, vengeance will be obtained 

 very soon; but if on any of the following six days, it is held that ven- 

 geance will be obtained in as many months as the number of days waited. 

 Should it not appear at all during these days, it is doubtful if vengeance 

 will ever be obtained. 



At the vengeance ceremony for Bahatan the omen spirit appeared at 

 about 7 o'clock on the third morning after the burial, and ate of the meat 

 and blood. Therefore, it was held that vengeance would be obtained 

 within three months. (As a matter of fact this prediction came true.) 

 The ceremonies on the first and second days were the same as those 

 at the munuhiih ^^ held on the morning of the burial day, except that 

 the time was from sunrise to about 7.30 o'clock instead of from 10 

 o'clock until noon. Also, from 50 to 100 young men were present 

 who from time to time sang vengeance songs and songs addressed to 

 the omen spirit asking him to come quickly. When the idu appeared 

 in the form of a small bird ^' everyone remained silent until it had finished 

 its meal and flitted away in the general direction of Lingai. The 

 priests then all arose and shouted a few words after the departing 

 spirit. The young men returned to their homes, to spread the news, 

 while the priests immediately proceeded to the house of Bukahan (the 

 brother of Bahatan) in the village of Dimpal, where the two hogs had 

 been taken on the afternoon of the burial day. The most interesting 

 ceremony of the whole series then took place, but as it is described 

 in detail by Barton in Part III of this pajoer, I will mention it only 

 briefly, putting in the few details in which the Central Ifugao ceremony 

 differs from that of Kiangan Ifugao. 



*rhe ceremony was addressed principally to the great deities of the Sky World 

 {Ad Daya) and the Upper World (Ad Kahiinian) , who are the gods of war and 

 fighting. The most important of these deities are: Manahaut (the Deceiver), 

 Amalgo (the chief of the Sun Gods), Anibulan (the chief of the Moon Gods), 

 Luiog, Pawit, Halangoh, Amtalu, Amiilag, etc. Various of the priests were 

 possessed by these deities. Amalgo speared the pig and Amiulan threw himself 

 upon it, drinking the spurting blood until he was pulled away. Several of the 

 priests seized handfuls of the blood and smeared themselves from head to foot. 

 The pig was still living, but was soon killed in the ordinary manner by piercing 

 its heart with a sharpened stick (the iDiwik) ." After the hair had been burned 

 off, the body was cut up with scant ceremony and a small portion cooked. The 

 meat was divided among the priests and the near relatives of Bahatan. 



'' Where the chicken meat, blood, broth, and rice-wine were prepared for the 

 coming of the idu. 



^ Ptt-pit, see p. 236. 



" This is apparently not the custom in Kiafigan Ifugao, as there the spear is 

 thrust through the pig's heart, killing it immediately. 



