AN IFUGAO BURIAL CEREMONY. 249 



The grave was a sepulcher dug out of a bank. It was walled up 

 with stones after Aligiiyun was placed in it and an egg thrown against 

 the tomb whereupon the people yelled : "So let it happen to our enemies 

 of Kurug." ^- The poles on which were strung the headdresses were 

 taken away and hung over the door of Aliguyun's house. After this 

 the people dispei-sed to their homes. On the way home they stopped 

 at a stream and washed themselves, praying somewhat as follows : 



Wash, water, but do not wash away our lives, our pigs and our chickens, our 

 rice, and our children. Wash away death by violence, death by the spear, death 

 by sickness. Wash away pests, hxuiger, and crop failure, and our enemies. 



'- "Baina kana okukulan di huhol-mi fid Kudug." 



