TWO RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. | tts 
supporting himself on either. side by resting the palm of the 
hand and the middle finger on the rotan. When the swing 
is at rest, the feet of the entertainer just touch the floor, and 
he starts the swinging by pressing one foot backwards against 
the floor.. He commences by swinging about twenty times in 
one direction, and turning round on the swing an equal number © 
of times in the opposite directions, all the time he is rhythmi- | 
cally swaying his head and body from side to side and gabbling 
through an incantation in the obsolete Milano language. 
After he has finished, the patient takes his turn on the 
rattan, his movements being controlled by the Bayoh who is 
pushing from behind. 
Whilst the patient is swinging, the Bayoh unceasing in 
his incantations, from time to time waves on him the magic 
wand which passing from the head downwards is supposed to 
sweep out the spirit of the sickness. 
-When the patient has tired himself out, he usually retires 
from the swing but not infrequently continues until he utterly 
collapses in a swoon. In such cases he is conducted to 
another part of the room and there they have resort to a 
‘Mingat’ ceremony. Sitting down by the patient, the Bayoh 
beats his treasured drum and recites his charms, occasionally 
sweeping over the patient with his wand or now and then 
sprinkling rice over his head, and sometimes too an incense 
burning fire is arranged at the patient’s side. When there are 
no interruptions of this kind, the swing is kept on the move 
almost the whole time: it is the correct thing for all Bayoh ° 
people who may be present to use it ana of course all sick 
people embrace such a favourable opportunity for a cure, 
As each person mounts the swing, :the head Bayoh offers — 
him a spear the tip of which is for a brief moment received 
into the mouth of the applicant when the weapon is at once 
withdrawn. During intervals in the ceremony when the 
swing is not in use, the Bayoh places on the rattan an areca 
inflorescence’ which is removed each time some one mounts 
the swing. The movements of the Bayoh when swinging 
are at first slow, but soon the motion accelerates and the 
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