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3,787 inhabitants, of whom 1,705 were Christians and the rest 

 Igorots. The account of Cervantes sent to the Philippine Library 

 was written in 1908 by Sabas Gaerlan, a native of Tagudin, who 

 had lived in various parts of Lepanto since 1873. His manu- 

 script shows that he had received a fair education. The account 

 is simply and charmingly written, and all of it deserves publica- 

 tion. Space and the main subject in hand, however, permit 

 only the following excerpt to be made: 



OTHER CUSTOMS OF IGOROTS 



When an Igorot wants to celebrate a fiesta or perform a canao once in 

 four or five years, he kills many hogs, carabaos, and cattle, and calls in 

 all the rich men from neighboring towns and all the poor people in his 

 own town. This fiesta is performed so that he may be honored by his 

 visitors and all who know him. When the canao is begun all the hogs to 

 be used are gathered together and the carabaos and cattle are all tied up 

 to trees. They dance accompanied by ganzas, and make an offering and 

 ask Cabunian ™ (God) to favor the man performing the canao and to 

 give him good health, and pray to the anito and the souls of their dead 

 ancestors not to destroy his plants and not to kill his animals so that he 

 may use these animals to perform another canao for them (another canao 

 for the anito) ; this is the custom of the people in Malaya. The people of 

 Dain and Pilipil have another name for this canao bayas," and it is per- 

 formed with ganzas before they kill the hogs; first they drink tapuy on 

 the day when the visitors arrive, and the next day they kill the hogs, 

 carabaos, and cattle that they have prepared, and after this, one old man 

 makes an offering to Lomaoig (God) M to give good health, good thoughts, 

 and customs to the rich man that performed the bayas; and the old man 

 also calls the souls (anito) of their dead ancestors to help them in praying 



" See footnote 40. 



" See footnote 44. 



"See Beyer [This Journal, Sec. D (1913), 8, 96 and 97] for Bontoc 

 stories of Lumawig. I am indebted also to the same authority for the 

 following: "Lumawig is a famous Igorot, Bontoc, and Ifugao culture hero. 

 He is only one of many ancestral deities. Jenks [Pub. P. I. Ethnol. Surv. 

 (1905), 1, 174, 200-204, 216, 217] is in error in speaking of Lumawig as a 

 supreme being." Lillo de Gracia, Distrito de Lepanto, recites a story of 

 Lumawig. His wife is Bangan, and the two children, Ubban, the boy, 

 and Bugan, the girl, or Cabigat and Suyan. A sample of the manner in 

 which the missionaries were able to turn the old stories to account is 

 related by Perez, Igorrotes, 142, note: "Father Rufino Redondo says, 

 'Making use of their beliefs (since they worship four gods called Lumauig, 

 Bugan, Cabigat, and Bangan) , I informed them that we also worship 

 God (one and triune), and that Bugan, the wife of Lumauig, is no other 

 than the most holy Virgin Mary, spouse of the Holy Spirit, and Mother 

 of the Eternal Word. I ended my talk by exhorting them to obedience 

 and submission to the Spanish crown.' " [The apparent inconsistency in 

 the names mentioned in the above quotations is probably due to the fact 

 that the authors cited obtained their information from different persons 

 or in different clan districts. — Beyer.] 



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