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In the yard at the north-east corner of the house stands an inverted rice-mortar on which is a dish of basi, an offering to the spirit Al-lot, who in return prevents the people from becoming angry. The needs of the spirit of the deceased are looked after by the members of the family.
Nine small jars covered with alin leaves are distributed about the house and yard; one sits on a head-axe placed upon an inverted rice-mortar near the dwelling, another stands near by in a winnower, and is covered with a bundle of rice; four go to a corner of the room; while the balance is placed on either side of the doorway.
Several times she tried to scale the house ladder, but was always repulsed, and each failure was greeted with jeers and ridicule. Gomogopos, who causes stomach troubles, came, and after dancing before the rice-mortar, demanded that a small pig be laid before the tangpap. Scarcely had the animal been deposited, when the spirit seized a head-axe and cut it in two at one blow.
This last description is no longer used in fine weaving, and is therefore sold with bandala. After the fine sorts have been pounded in a rice-mortar, in order to render the fiber soft and pliable, they are severally knotted into one another, and converted into web.
She places the latter on a rice-mortar close to the pala-an, and uncovering it reveals a small head-axe, notched chicken feathers, her shells, five pieces of betel-nut and two leaves, a jar cover, a dish of oil, and a coconut shell filled with rice and blood.
This consists of four long poles three of bamboo and one of a resinous tree, anteng, set in a square and supporting, near the top, a platform of bamboo. A number of women have been invited to assist the family, and they now proceed to beat out sufficient rice to serve the guests. When the pounding is finished, a rice-mortar is set out in the open, and a little rice is placed in it.
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