MENGAP. THE SONG OP THE DYAK HEAD PEAST. 135 



Iii singing the performer goes round these and along the 

 " ruai." The recitation takes a whole night to complete ; it 

 begins about 6 p. m. in the evening and ends about 9 or 10 

 a. m. in the morning. The killing of a pig and examining 

 the liver is the last act of the ceremony. 



In Balan Dyak the word "Mengap" is equivalent to 

 " Singing " or reciting in any distinctive tone, and is applied 

 to Dyak song or Christian worship : but in Saribus dialect it 

 is applied to certain kinds of ceremonial songs only. 



