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THE NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW 359
the to of it The painting of both the face anD
percheD stiflly on p .
the fowl haD a sugary quality which gave the gong exactly the
appearance of a tall cake cappeD with rich icing sugar anD
surmounteD by a Noah's Ark fowl, which haD also become
inaDvertently iceD (v. Fig. 20).
' D 'tin for
" On the eDge of the Dancing grounD we halte , wai g
the â€&tilDe;home village ') to man the gangs anD strike up
our hosts ( -
the rhythm which announces the presentation of giibpigs. The
' art asseD leisurely across the
gong-heaters having begun, our p y p
grounD towarDs the amel siDe, each man holDing his pig by its

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F15. Z0. The carveD anD painteD gong sunnounteD by a cook
carveD in wooD, which was "bought " by Mal Tasi at his
nelamnu. (After a rough sketch by the author.)
tether. Here Maltasi, the â€&tilDe; maker â€&traDe; of the nelzmew, that is, the giver
of the feast, was sitting anD to him the pigs were given one after
another, the gongs inDicating by a suDDen fortissimo burst the act
of presentation. Our host was, poor fellow, a victim of elephantiasis,
anD his testicles were swollen to such a size that he coulD sit Down
only with Difficulty anD coulD scarcely stanD up at all. But it
was his Day; his eyes shone with excitement anD hobbling anD
shuffling about, helpeD by others, he manageD to receive the pigs
presenteD to him with Due oiï¬Åciousness anD Dignity. We now
sat Down by the amel anD awaiteD the arrival of the guests from