Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

Not long after Aponitolau shouted near to the town and he did not hear Aponibolinayen answer.  As soon as he reached the gate of the town he shouted again, and she did not answer, for Don Carlos was with her.  Not long after Don Carlos went home and Aponibolinayen saw his belt which he had left, for he was in a hurry.  So she ran and got the ladder to the rice granary, and she hid the belt.  Aponitolau met Don Carlos at the gate of the town and he asked him why he had gone into the town, and he answered, “I want to sell something.”  Not long after Aponitolau went to their house and asked Aponibolinayen why she did not reply to him when he shouted two times.  “I did not answer, for I have a headache.”  “Why is the fastening on the door different from before?” “I don’t know.  No one came in.”  Not long after Aponitolau went up into the house.  “Now, Aponibolinayen, I have taken the head of the old man To-odan of Kalaskigan.  You command the people to begin to pound rice, for we will make Sayang

Not long after Aponitolau saw a flame of fire in the rice granary and he said, “Why is there a fire in the rice granary?” So he ran to see.  Not long after he went inside of the granary and he saw what it was.  As soon as he saw that it was a golden belt he said, “I think this is the belt of the man who came here while I was gone.”  So he took it and hid it and did not let Aponibolinayen see it.  Not long after they commanded the people to go and get betel-nuts.  When they arrived with the fruit they oiled them and Aponitolau said, “Tell me whom we shall invite beside our relatives in the other towns.”  And Aponibolinayen told him to invite Don Carlos of Kabaiganan, for she wished always to see him.  So they sent a betel-nut to go and get Don Carlos, and they sent one to the old woman Alokotan of Nagbotobotan and Awig of Natpangan and other towns.

Not long after the betel-nut reached the place where Don Carlos lived and it met his spirit helpers.  As soon as the betel-nut reached Don Carlos, “Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen are making Sayang, and I came to invite you.”  “All right, you go first.  I will dress and go after you,” he said.  Not long after he dressed up and went to follow the betel-nuts.  Not long after all the other people from the other towns arrived where they were making Sayang and Aponitolau tried to put the belt on each person to see if it fitted and no one was the right size.  As soon as Don Carlos arrived Aponitolau tried the belt on him and it was all right.  So Aponitolau gave him the belt and he got a golden chair and he put it in the middle of the party and made Don Carlos sit on it.  All of the people were dancing and Aponitolau went and sharpened his headaxe.  Not long after, “Ala, you Aponibolinayen take Kanag and Alama-an with you and dance with Don Carlos.”  Not long after they danced.  While they were dancing Aponitolau cut off the head of Don Carlos.  The head sprang up and went to the breast of Aponibolinayen, and Aponibolinayen and Kanag and Alama-an ran away, and their clothes were torn, for they ran through many thorns.

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