On an inverted rice-mortar, in the yard, is placed a jar of basi, notched chicken feathers, and boar’s tusks.  The man and his wife are summoned before this, are decorated as on the day before, and are instructed to dance three times around the mortar.  While this is going on, a shield and a rice winnower are leaned against each other so as to form an arch on which lies a sheaf of rice.  From the middle hangs a piece of burning wood, while over all a fish net is thrown.  As in a former ceremony (cf. p. 347), the rice and fire represent the life of some member of the family, which the evil spirits may desire to seize, but they are prevented, since they are unable to pass through the meshes of the net.  Going to the half of the pig, which stands upright in a rice winnower, the medium places a string of beads—­agate and gold—­around its neck and attaches bits of gold to its legs.  Then she places a thin stick in each nostril and pumps them alternately up and down, as a smith would work his forge.  After a little she removes the plungers, and with them strokes the bodies of members of the family.  Near to the pig stands a dish of water in which the heart is lying.  The host goes to this, removes the heart, and placing it on his head-axe, takes it in front of the animal, where it lies, while he pumps the nostril-sticks up and down ten times.  Meanwhile his wife is decorated with wreathes of leaves and vines; a leaf containing the pig’s tail and some of the flesh is placed on her head, and a spear is put in her left hand.  As her husband completes his task, she goes to the mortar, where she finds one dish full of blood and rice and the empty coconut shells.  The rice and blood represent the lives of the family, and following the instructions of the medium, she takes these lives and places them little by little on the shells, but before all is gone, the medium bids her return them to the big dish.  In a like manner the spirits may take a part of the life of the family, but will return it again.  This act is repeated ten times.  Next she takes a piece of woven bamboo, shaped like two triangles set end on end [163], and goes to the batog, where her daughter sits under a fish-net holding a similar “shield.”  They press these together, and the mother returns to the mortar eight times.  The mediums who have gathered beneath the sogayob begin to sing, while one of them beats time with a split bamboo stick.  At the conclusion of the song, one of them offers basi to the spirits and guests, and then placing a bundle of green leaves on the ground, she pours water over it, while the host and his wife are made to tramp in the mud.  The man is now carrying the spear, while the woman holds a cock in one hand, and an empty dish in the other.  As they are stamping on the damp leaves, old women stand near by showering them with rice and water.

Since early morning a dog has been tied at the end of the house.  It is now brought up to the bundle of leaves, and is knocked on the head with a club, its throat is cut, and some of its blood is applied with a head-axe to the backs of the man and woman.  More water is poured on the bundle, again they tramp in the mud, and again they are showered with rice and water.  The man goes to one side of the balaua, and throws a bundle of rice over it to his wife, who returns it eight times.