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the following night. It is strikingly 

 different from anything we have seen 

 before. 



They dance in a circle, stamping 

 smartly and showing great skill in their 

 foot-work. First the left arm is stretched 

 forward, while the right is extended 

 backward ; then this arrangement is re- 

 versed. Again one arm extends forward 

 while the other is bent so that the 

 hand comes just below the corresponding 

 breast. As the dance progresses the 

 arms are flexed and the hands and fin- 

 gers moved in a manner that defies de- 

 scription, but some idea of it can be 

 gained from the accompanying illustra- 

 tions. 



The crowd is soon increased to at least 

 3,000 by new delegations, each of which 

 marches in to the tune of gansa music, 

 sticks the handles of its lances into the 

 ground, and comes forward to "present" 

 to the authorities. The headmen bring 

 their bottles or jars of bubud and their 

 presents of chickens and eggs. The 

 Ifugao is a great fellow to save docu- 



ments, and preserves all scraps of paper 

 on which his name is written. He in- 

 sists upon your reading each of them, 

 so that you may know who he is and 

 what he has done. 



In addition to dancing, we have lance- 

 throwing and wrestling, but no foot- 

 races or other American sports, as the 

 Ifugao is conservative and prefers to 

 celebrate his holiday in his own way. 



KILUNG THE CARABAOS 



Our next stop is at Kiangan. Here 

 the program is similar to that at Banawe 

 until we come to the meat distribution, 

 and then we witness an extraordinary 

 and bloody spectacle. The Ifugao is 

 crazy for meat and especially for carabao 

 meat. He has pigs and chickens, which 

 are reserved to be eaten on festal occa- 

 sions, but he keeps no cattle or carabaos. 

 When a very rich Ifugao is going to give 

 an especially important feast, he sends 

 down into the Christians' country and 

 buys one or two old carabaos. These he 

 presents to his assembled friends, who 



