[NOTE: this transcription was produced by an automatic OCR engine] _—-go-s-5 iii ill (11 ii V ,1. 1" ll ii ll: 388 MALEKULA Grade Name. Member's Title. Neva! Nnmbav . . . . . — Atim Bwitian . . . . 4 — ‘ Nousam nin Nalau/an M boa Timbarap 4 — Y‘ Nembnitiln Newt win Nalawzn . 4 — 1 Nousun Navel m'n Nalawan . . — Neuat Timbamp . . . . . — The ï¬Årst three of these Nalawzm grades are relatively unimportant. Naamel Limlm is cntcrcd in childhood, and Numbou Nemen and Nmnbnu Vanmasur are purely optionalr The ï¬Årst obligatory rank taken by adults is Naainggol, and then of necessity follow Nisamp and Nimbatin Namnel. The order of entrance to these early Nalawan appears to be more rigid than it is for the higher ones‘ For most men, therefore, Nimlmtin Naamal will be the fourth in the series (counting Naamel Limbu as the ï¬Årst), and on the occasion of his entry into this a man will generally sili mba ai limbu, " cut the sacred yam.â€ù This rite prepares him for that of " stoning the pig â€ù which he will perform at this ï¬Åfth rise in rank. Once he has “ stoned the pig " he is privileged to attend Nalawan ceremonies in other places and to take part at them in the " stoning â€ù of certain ceremonial objects, a rite which is a constant and characteristic feature of the Nalau/an." In other words it may be said that only when a man has " cut the sacred yam " and "stoned the pig" is he regarded as being a full member of the Nalau/an society, free to go and join in its ceremonies whorcvcr and whenever they are held. In high Nalawan, however, the ceremonial stoning of objects is replaced by shooting at them with a bow and arrow. To join in this rite a man must himself have entered a grade in which instead of " stoning â€ù the pig he shoots at it. This he would generally do when entering a Nalawan of a status above Nivi/at. It will he noticed in the above list that the grade Nulawan Nimlm/ilei is divided into six sub-grades. These are all known as Nalau/an Nimbwiki, “ Nalau/an of the Gongs “, and are 1 Naumn = penis ; Nuurim mm Vii?! Nalawan means " the penis stone oi the Nalawan ".—A4 B. D. A‘ I:gm|Il;ru1l1in N41/AI 110'» Nalawzm means " the navel Stone at the Nnlawan ". * Compare the rule oi the Nimanghi um only l man of Noam or higher rs? lgay cm part in Nivnnnghi festivals ma in villages other than his own.—- - . . D. ‘Ii. /5 »iv >3 6* ; ‘_ _{ z.
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