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observe the same custom and manners in the celebrating of the 9 following 

 described canaos: 



1. Canao called bagaoas. This canao is attended by all the people 

 who have a house of their own in the barrio that celebrates the canao; 

 this is an offering to the anito that they may have a good rice crop 

 and [that the anito may] protect their rice from the plague of mice 

 and keep their grain from drying up. 



The ceremonies gone through in their canao are the killing of a 

 hog in the yard of a deserted house, called ao-a* After the hog is killed, 

 one-fourth of the liver and one-half of the breast are strung on finely 

 split bamboo and dropped into boiling water; after this is boiled it is 

 taken to a particular place, together with a dish of rice and a dish 

 of tapuy, all of which, an old man, accompanied by a prayer, offers 

 according to custom to this particular anito; after the ceremony, the 

 old man, who made the offering, takes for himself all the provisions 

 set aside for this ceremony; the rest of the meat is sold to anyone who 

 wishes to buy some. Then they also make an offering for the protection 

 of their rice from the plague; this meat, so used in this canao, is cooked 

 and eaten the same as any other meat. 



2. Canao called quesley. This canao is an offering and prayer to the 

 anito to protect them against any kind of sickness or disease. 



The ceremonies for this canao are the killing of a hog (the hog is 

 burned) ; after the hog is killed, one or two old men take their spears 

 and sit down facing the killed hog, which they offer to the anito, together 

 with a dish of rice and a dish of tapuy; as is the custom after the 

 prayers are said, these two old men, together with others, examine the 

 gall. If it is large and puffed up, the sickness, if any, will be cured 

 within a few days, but if the gall is small and bad they kill another 

 hog; and if this gall is still bad they continue to kill hogs until they 

 find one that has the right kind of a gall, but if the man killed the 

 last hog that he can buy or can get, and the gall continues to be bad, 

 then they give up hope and the sick person's life is in danger. 



3. Canao called bayas. This canao is a feast of rejoicing in which 

 the Igorot shows his affection and good will toward his neighbors, 

 town mates, and other friends. 



The ceremonies made in this canao are the killing of 2, 3, 5, 7, or 12 

 hogs; in addition to this, horses, cattle, carabaos, goats, sheep [sic], 

 chickens, and other animals that the person giving the cafiao wishes to kill. 



In this canao there is always more meat than can be eaten by the 

 visitors to the canao; the rest of the meat that is left from one day's 

 cafiao is cut into small pieces corresponding in number to the neighboring 

 houses, relatives, and friends who are living in other places, [and] this 

 meat is then distributed among them. This canao can also be made in 

 honor of one who is dead, but without any kind of music; but if it is 

 only a feast ganzas " are used. 



The one giving this canao must stay in his house for ten days without 

 coming out and without speaking to anyone except his housemates, nor 

 must anyone go into his house or even into his yard during those ten days. 



" Ganzas, the brass gongs used throughout the Orient, and probably 

 of Chinese origin. 



