are good, the ceremony proceeds without a halt.  The intestines and some pieces of meat are placed on the ansi-silit,—­a small spirit frame or table near the stones.  The host, who has been watching from a distance, is summoned, and is given a piece of the flesh to take back to his house for food, and then the rest of the meat is cooked and served to the guests.  But before anything is eaten, the medium places prepared betel-nuts before the stones, mixes blood with rice, and scatters it broadcast, meanwhile calling the spirits from near and far to come and eat, and to go with her to the village, where she is to continue the ceremony.  As the company approaches the balaua, the musicians begin to beat on their gongs, while women in the yard pound rice in ceremonial fashion.  When they have finished, the family goes up into the balaua and dances to the music of the gongs until the medium bids them stop.

The pig which has been lying in front of the sogayob, and another from the yard, are killed, and are laid side by side near to the balaua in a spot indicated by the medium.  She places a bamboo tube of water between them, on their backs she lays several pieces of prepared betel-nut, then strokes their sides with oiled fingers.  Her next duty is to sprinkle basi from the jar onto the ground with a small head-axe, at the same time calling the spirits to come and drink. (Plate XXXIV).  A bundle which has been lying beside the animals is opened, and from it the medium takes a red and yellow headband with chicken feathers attached, and boar’s tusk armlets.  These she places on the host, then hands him a blanket.  Holding the latter in his outstretched arms, as he would do if dancing tadek, he squats repeatedly over a dish of water.  As he finishes, the medium takes the tube of water from between the pigs, and pouring a little of it on her hand, she applies it to the abdomen of the man’s wife and children.  The animals are now cooked in yard, while a quantity of rice is made ready in the house.  During the preparation of the meal, the musicians play incessantly, but as the food is brought out, they cease and join the others in the feast.

It is late in the afternoon before much activity is again manifest.  At first a few gather and begin to dance tadek; little by little others come in until by nightfall the yard is full. Basi is served to all, and soon, above the noisy laughter of the crowd, is heard the voice of some leading man singing the daleng.  The visitors listen respectfully to the song and to the reply, then resume the music and dancing.  After a time a huge fire is built in the yard, and by the flickering light two lines of boys and girls or older people will form to sing and dance the daeng. [162]

On the morning of the seventeenth day, the men kill two pigs, usually by chasing them through the brush and spearing them to death.  They are prepared in the usual way, and are placed, one in the balaua, the other in the sogayob, where they are cut up.  A bit of the flesh is left in each structure, the fore half of one animal is carried into the yard, but the rest is prepared for food.