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He performs two ceremonies annually one, the su'-wat, for palay fruitage, and the other a fa-kil' for rains. Ong-i-yud', of ato Fatayyan, is known by the title of "Ke'-eng." He has two ceremonies annually, one ke'-eng and the other tot-o-lod'; both are to drive the birds and rats from the fruiting palay. Som-kad', of ato Sigichan, with the title "O-ki-ad'," has charge of three ceremonies annually.
U-mi-chang'-ka Sik'-a Ti-lin' in kad La'-god yad Ap'-lay Sik'-a o'-tot in lo-ko-lo'-ka nan fu-i'-mo. Freely translated, this is Totolod This ceremony, tot-o-lod', occurs on the day following ke'-eng, and it is also for the protection of the rice crop. Ong-i-yud' is the priest for both ceremonies.
Ong-i-yud', of ato Fatayyan, is the priest for this occasion, and the ceremony occurs when the first fruit heads appear on the growing rice. They claim two good-sized hogs are killed on this day. Then Ong-i-yud' takes a ki'-lao, the bird-shaped bird scarer, from the pueblo and stealthily ducks along to the sementera where he suddenly erects the scarer. Then he says: