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Updated: June 28, 2025
Gayangayan, a female spirit from Lagayan, followed, rubbed the head of each person, blew smoke over them, and then announced thus: "The people of Layogan must not close their doors when it rains, or it will stop." The attitude of the people toward the weaker and less important spirits was well shown when Ambayau, a wild female spirit, arrived.
Next day it is seen that one of the stones is cut. Man dies. The old men of Lagayan see peculiarly shaped stones traveling down the river, accompanied by a band of blackbirds. They catch the stones and carry them to the gate of the village, where they have since remained as guardians. The spirit Ibwa visits a funeral and is given some of the juices, coming from the dead body, to drink.
Otherwise the ceremony will be held about once in seven years, or when the spirit structure known as balaua is in need of repairs. Originally this appears to have been a seventeen-day ceremony, as it still is in Manabo, Patok, Lagangilang, and neighboring villages, but in San Juan, Lagayan, Danglas, and some other settlements it now lasts only five or seven days.
Next day it is seen that one of the stones is cut. Man dies. The old men of Lagayan see peculiarly shaped stones traveling down the river, accompanied by a band of blackbirds. They catch the stones and carry them to the gate of the village, where they have since remained as guardians. The spirit Ibwa visits a funeral and is given some of the juices, coming from the dead body, to drink.
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