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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



LAND DAYAK WOMEN AT THE VILLAGE OE TMONG 



Here fashion decrees coils of brass wire on the legs, but not on the arms, as in the village of 

 Pichin (see pp. in, 113, and 130). Fashion, however, does require the ladies to wear hats ! 



justice would be meted out to the par- 

 ticular Dayaks who were guilty. 



It is gratifying to know that the mur- 

 derers have now suffered the penalty, 

 while their relatives and friends who 

 countenanced the crimes have had to pay 

 a round sum in fines. 



The closing incident in this tragedy, 

 after the payment of the fines and the 

 promise that their wrongs would be 

 avenged, was a peace meeting at the 

 Baram fort between the Punans and the 

 Dayaks of the Baram River, who, though 

 not directly connected with the affair 

 (since the murderers were from the Re- 

 jang River), were, nevertheless, of the 

 same tribe. 



According to the usual ceremony, a 

 pig was killed and the liver examined to 

 determine whether the omens indicated 

 that the peace was to be lasting. The pig 

 was placed on the lawn in front of the 

 Baram fort and, when all were gathered 

 about, Tama Aping Bulieng, the Kayan 

 Pengulu in whose district the Punans 

 lived, began by addressing the pig, charg- 

 ing him with a message to Bali Peny- 

 along, the Great Spirit, urging the pig, in 

 effect, to have a nice liver and give true 

 omens. 



Lanting, the Dayak Pengulu, continued 

 the exhortation and the Punan chief 

 finished it ; so that the pig had to charge 

 himself with messages in three languages. 



