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"Go! command to make Sangásang" said the married ones. "We shall wait the blood of the rooster mixed with rice, because they remember to command to make Sangásang" said those who Maganáwan of Nagbotobotán commanded. They took the blood of the rooster mixed with rice, which was put in the saloko in the yard; they arrived to their master. "How slow you are," said Maganáwan.
He causes people to have sore feet, and only relieves them, when offerings are made to him in the saloko or bawi. He lives in the wooded hill, but quickly learns of a death, and appears at the open grave. Unless he is bought off with an offering, the blood of a small pig, he is almost certain to make away with the body, or cause a great sickness to visit the village.
Nowadays the saloko found near to the villages are usually erected, during a short ceremony of the same name, as a cure for headache. A medium is summoned; and, after securing a chicken, she strokes it, as she chants: "You spirits of the sagang, who live above. "You spirits of the sagang, who live on the level ground. "You spirits of the sagang, who live in the east.
Saloko, also called Salokang and Sabut: This is a bamboo pole about ten feet long, one end of which is split into several strips; these are forced apart, and are interwoven with other strips, thus forming a sort of basket. When such a pole is erected near to a house, or at the gate of the town, it is generally in connection with a ceremony made to cure headache.
Certain of the present villages make use of the sagang, but the more common type of head holder is the saloko, which still figures in many ceremonies. However, the heads only remain in these receptacles until the day set for the festival.
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