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Following the meal, the mediums continue summoning spirits until late afternoon when the ceremony known as Gipas the dividing is held.
They cry for the pig, so they will not need to cry for the patient." Later the pig is cut up and prepared as food, only the head and feet being left for the spirits. Gipas, the dividing, follows. A Chinese jar is placed on its side, and on each end a spear is laid, so that they nearly meet above the center of the jar.
The spirit and the old man drink basi, to cement their friendship; and the ceremony is at an end. The small pots and other objects used as offerings are placed on the sacred blanket in one corner of the room, where they remain until the child is born, "so that all the spirits may know that Gipas has been held."
Upon their return to the house, they removed and carefully examined its liver; for, by the markings on it, the people were assured that the spirits were pleased with the manner in which the ceremony was being conducted, and hence the prospects for the patient's recovery were very bright. Gipas, the dividing, followed.
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