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across the back of his neck, with some straw hanging from 

 its ends, and two other cultivators do the same with sticks. 

 The leader then walks seven times round the corn whilst 

 the bullocks are in motion, repeating this refrain (goyi- 

 6a sa), the other two following him. At the completion 

 of the seventh round, the three shout in chorus the last two 

 words : — 



6zti 8$ qi& 



Deti deti kumana deti 



Samanalin gend deti 



Kos deti kosamba deti 



Katupila geta demata nikada kobbe deti 



Kan deti ridi deti 



Eran detten eran ukulata kola saldbd puravati 

 I'< gal me gal tada meragal malarand6 malabodado 

 paruwatado malagiya mala denage mala wassd. 



And a, Andu. 



Deti, what deti? 



Deti brought from Adam's Peak, 

 Kos deti, kosamba deti, 

 Katupila, geta, demata, nikada, 

 Kobbe deti. 

 Gold deti, silver deti : 



With these golden deti toss the corn and fill the golden 

 centre. 



O dead calf of the dead cow, are you sturdy as this rock, or 

 that rock, or Meru rock, or like dead gold, a malabada 

 (tree), or mountain ? 

 Peace ! Peace,!* 



In the Siyane K6rale" the procedure differs slightly. The 

 sulan or trisula is introduced more frequently into the dia- 

 gram drawn on the kamata, and a hole (arakvala) dug at 



* Note 6. 



