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THE NALAWAN SOCIETY 411
to be made into nitevis and six into small gongs, m'mb1m'lzi tivari,
a small stick being also procured to make into a gong-stick for
beating the latter. ‘ The posts are stacked near the nmel and
four crotons planted round them‘ The next day the‘ candidate
pays his intmducer a small pig (of lnhunkzforan or mbuas Mos
grade), the formula being pronounced as in entrance to Naainggol.
The dance mvrau is then performed and after this the introducer
helps the candidate to carve the faces on the nitevis. These are
identical with the nilwis carved for the N ixamp grade. A day is
now ï¬Åxed for the next rite of preparation called mviilflim Mai.
A pig is killed, a stock of coco-nuts laid in, and plenty of puddings
made‘ The candidate and his friends then construct round the
gongs a lightwith banana leaves. At intervals round this a number oi holes
are dug, and a bamboo (nimbmi nambangk) (similar to the bamboos
planted before the naainggol in the Nultm/an of that name), red
cordylines (naari mamal), and a crnton are planted in each. The
introclucer and his friends now make some puddings called
lavlav, which they wrap up in leaves of the croton, the red cordyline,
and the mbwingmbu/ingamb.1 Then a little before sundown they
assemble in the dancing ground and begin to circle round the
gongs in the dance callcd lalmgmial, which characterizes the
Nalau/an grades bearing this name. The candidate, holding a
conch, joins them, dancing round in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile a man who " knows how " takes the stick which has
been made for beating the new gangs (ma/iltdm mun‘), carves
faces on it and decorates it with iowls' feathers, aitcr which the
candidate pays him a pig of nitauu grade for his services. This
being done, the candidate hands the puddings which he and his
friends have prepared to the introducer and receives in return
those wrapped in leaves which the introducer and his friends
made. After these exchanges have been effected, lelenginfal is
begun again and continued throughout the night. At sunrise
on the following day a pig is killed as food for the dancers. Now
is the time for building the structure characteristic of this grade.
The candidate and his friends go into the bush and gather a fresh
supply of hamboos (nimbnll nembangk) from which to make the
I There L! a note which runs: “These puddings, wrapped in the loaves,
are held between hambuus.“ lt is not quite clear when they are so held ; whether
during the process oi wrapping them up, or later when they are given to the
candldate.—C, H. W.
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