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general custom to accord the munhimung burial to all persons killed 

 by members of inimical clans, and this custom was followed in the 

 case of Aligiiyun. I witnessed only the ceremonies of the third day, 

 and the following narrative of the events of that day was written shortly 

 after their occurrence.'^'' 



THE ASSEMBLING OF THE PEOPLE. 



On the third day after Aligiiyun was killed, the principal funeral 

 ceremonies took place. To these ceremonies came a number of people 

 from their railclierias,^'^ the party of each rancheria being led by relatives 

 of the dead man — some of them very distant relatives. 



Nagakaran, the rancheria of Aligiiyun, was until quite recently very 

 unfriendly to Kiangan, where I live. However, Aligiiyun had some 

 kin in Kiangan and these, together with their friends, went to the 

 funeral. Their shields, as well as the shields of all who attended, 

 were painted with white markings, some taking the conventional form 

 of men, some of lizards, and some were zigzag. (Plates I and II, fig. 

 3.) Each man who attended had a headdress made of the leaf petiole 

 of the betel-nut tree and the red leaves of the ddngola ^^ plant. To 

 each leaf were attached pendaJits of feathers. Mourning bands, made 

 of strips from the same petiole, were tied around both arms and legs, 

 and in some cases a pendant ddngola leaf was attached to each band. 

 Every man was dressed in his best clout and the women in their best 

 skirts and in all their finery of gold ornaments and agate necklaces. 



Nagakaran village is one of several in a very large valley (Plate 

 VII). When I reached a point in the trail commanding this valley 

 there could be seen coming from each of the various villages a procession 

 wending its way slowly toward Aligiijoin's home. Prom the time 

 when it came within sight of the house, which was sometimes at a 

 distance of from 2 to 3 kilometers, each procession danced its way, 

 beating on the striped shields with drum sticks, and on the hangihang, 

 a wooden stick made of hard resonant wood "^ coated with chicken 

 blood and extremely old. 



™ At the request of Major Willcox, United States Army, who was in Kiftngan 

 at the time of Aligtiyvm's death. Some corrections and minor changes have been 

 made in the text. 



"The word rattcherm, as used (in the following pages and as commonly used 

 by the American officials in Ifugao, designates what Beyer terms clan district 

 in Parts I and II of this paper. 



'^ The Kiaiigan Ifugao name for Gordyline terminalis Kunth, (Liliaceae), pre- 

 viously described. 



^ The bangihatiff is usually made of tii-ol. an extremely heavy dark-red wood. 

 The specific name of tii-ol is Bischofia javanica Bl. (Euphorbiaceae) . There are 

 both wild and cultivated varieties. 



