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It is best that you make Pala-an, since you have received their igam, for that is the cause of your illness." After that they made Pala-an and they recovered from their sickness, those who lived in the same place. Make them well again, if you please." Those who live in the same town go to raid to take heads.
The betel-nut and leaf are placed on the animal, then the medium dips her fingers in the oil, and strokes its side while she recites the following diam: "The spirit who lives in Dadaya lies in bed; he looks at his igam, and they are dull. He looks again, 'Why are my igam dull? Kaboniyan looked down on them.
Igam: Notched feathers, often with colored yarn at the ends, attached to sticks. These are worn in the hair during the Pala~an and Sayang ceremonies, to please the spirits of the east, called Idadaya. Inálson: A sacred blanket made of white cotton. A blue or blue and red design is formed, where the breadths join, and also along the borders. Lab-labón: Also called Adug.
'Ala, I shall go down to the Ipogau, He truly went down to them, 'What is the matter with you? 'We are all sick who live in the same place, said those sick ones. It is best that you make Pala-an, since you have received their igam, for that is the cause of your illness, After that they made Pala-an, and they recovered from their sickness, those who lived in the same place.
Many spirits visit the people during this rite, but the one chiefly interested is Idadaya, the spirit of the east. He and his ten grandchildren wear in their hair the notched tail-feathers of a rooster, which are known as igam. From time to time these lose their luster, and they can only be refreshed by having some mortal celebrate Pala-an.
Ala, let us go to Sudipán where the Tinguian live and let us take our igam, so that some one may make them bright again." Kaboniyan looked down on them. "Ala, I shall go down to the Ipogau." He truly went down to them, "What is the matter with you?" "We are all sick who live in the same place," said those sick ones.
After that when there is the person they go to cure who is sick, they always prepare correctly because it was Kaboniyan who told them to do always like that. When some one is ill whom they go to cure, they prepare correctly. The spirit who lives in Dadaya lies in bed; he looks at his igam and they are dull. He looks again, "Why are my igam dull?
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