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(I.) — The Andukeri'ma Ceremony. 

 The form of the A'ndukerima ceremony (though not known 

 under that name) as practised in the Siyan6 Korale differs to some 

 extent. 



After the corn is threshed and before removing the straw from 

 the kamata, five cultivators, each taking a deti, repeat the fol- 

 lowing words thrice : — 



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ir^a /?/« nekatin Samanalagalabodin ela migon sat bdnak gennavd eksi 

 desi tunsiyen soli mada poru gdvd elaval era biju vadd ekpeti depeti 

 tunppti paspeti sapeti satpetidi bandialvd pidi kiriveda pesi kalavitak 

 sassavd gmjan kapd kalavituta damd. 



Deti deti kumana deti 

 Ran deti ridi deti 



Katupila nika demata kobbe koson deti 



Menan deti pasak gend 



Pas denek sita kola said elati 



Den-nek gon dakkati 



Deviyd veda sititi 



Goviyo veda karati 



Medd me raja kamatata 



ltd yahapati poli. 



Seven yokes of white buffaloes having been brought from Adam's Peak 

 at Mdnekata on Sunday, when the first, second, and third ploughings 

 have been performed, and the mud levelled, with poru, channels opened, 

 seed sown, the paddy (plants) risen to their first, second, third, fourth, 

 fifth, sixth and seventh nodes, and become pregnant with ears, the eara 

 appeared and the grain matured. After the threshing-floor has been 



