ON THE FESTIVALS AND FOLKLORE OF GILGIT. 105 



paryan ganam ; Hul ai sar ganam ; Sar ai nistai ganam ; Yujan ai batheli ganam ; 

 Batheli ai Chhai ganam ; Sum ai sumading ganam ; Joo janwar ganam ; Soni sarplok 

 ganam ; Sat khap barai ganam ; Drang ai dam ganam ; Khirte das ganam ; Hunte rong 

 ganam ; Chin chili ganam ; Neeli nistai ganam ; Jun ai ayin ganam ; Taru ai shur ganam ; 

 Trakhan ai Yudaini ganam ; Yudaini ai Hazooli ganam ; Gao ai bashoshi ganam. 



IViyo. 



Muti, Muti, Trakhan ai Zooli muti ; Zooli ai Hazooli muti, &c. &c, continues in the 

 same way up to end of Gano. 



Translation — 

 Gano. 



I will bind, I will bind, I will bind Zooli (a fairy) of Trakhan (a chief of Gilgit). I 

 will bind Hazooli the daughter of Zooli. I will bindGanooli the daughter of Yun (a fairy, 

 also the moon) . I will bind the sole of the foot. I will bind Ding (a giant) of the lower 

 strata of the earth. I will bind all the insects. I will bind giants and wild animals. I 

 will bind the colt of a mare. I will bind the offspring of an ass. I will bind the lamb of 

 a sheep. I will bind the kid of a goat. I will bind the bullet of a gun. I will bind the 

 markhors of the jungle. I will bind the green pastures. I will bind the fields of fairies. 

 I will bind the key of demons. I will bind the pregnant women. I will bind men for 

 fighting. I will bind the way of giants. I will bind the stars of the sky. I will bind the 

 pieces of the earth. I will bind seven hundred fairies. I will bind the springs of ocean. 

 I will bind the outlets of springs. I will bind Bathelo (a fort of fairies) on Yujan (Nanga 

 Parbat or Dyamur Mountain, situated on the west of Astore). I w ; ll bind the key of 

 Bathela. I will bind Sumading (a giant) of earth. I will bind all creation. I will bind 

 Soni (a giant) of the upper strata of the earth. I will bind seven hundred daughters of 

 fairies. I will bind the booming of drums. I will bind the lower plains. I will bind the 

 upper pastures. I will bind all the chili trees. I will bind the green banners of the 

 fairies. I will bind the mouth of serpents. I will bind the voice of the flute. I will 

 bind Yudaini (the fairy drum which is said to be beaten by fairies on Khama, a mountain 

 near Bulchi, a village in the Bagrot Valley) of Trakhan. I will bind Hazooli (a fairy) of 

 Yudaini. I will bind the calf of the cow. 



Wiyo. 



I will release, I will release, I will release Zooli of Trakhan. I will release Hazooli, 

 the daughter of Zooli. 



&c. &c. &c. 



If it is wished to restrain any person, phenomenon, thought, wish or desire, &c, from 

 their natural course of action, the "Gano" is read by the Danyals on a small stone, 

 which is then thrown towards the person or thing interested. By reciting the " Wiyo " 

 in the same way on another stone, the person or thing is again rendered active. 



