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ill All ll l l l, ii l ii ‘ii l l l‘ la ll hi ll“ M l5 1. 4:2 MALEKULA nai/an mbatia.‘ These are out to a suitable length, decorated with croton and mbwingmbwingamb leaves, and crovimed with a sprouting coco-nut, as are the mu/an mbatiu used in Nalawan Nisamp. They are then thrust through the fence which encloses the gongs in the same manner as they are thrust through the vertical wall oi the m'sam¢. As in this grade too, the candidate pays his introducer for their construction. Towards evening the six mkvis and the six small newly-carved gangs [which take the place of the tevslm mbaai of the earlier grade) are erected outside the fence. When this has been done the preparations are ï¬Ånished. At sunset the rhythm aismnpmiew is beaten as usual to summon the men of the neighbouring villages for the rites of the following day. In the morning they arrive and everything goes forward as in the lower grades, the dance lelangvdal being performed in addition to the Mmbwmbal. The pig which the introducer gives to his candidate on this occasion is a mbuas oras. A variation in the rites occurs when the candidate is invested with the pig's tusk bracelet, for in addition to this an arrnlet of turtle-shell is also given. Further, the introducer’s assistant who ofliciates at this must be a man of high Nimahgki rank and also of the important Nnllzimm grades.‘ The candidate drags up two pigs, one nitmm and one mbuas oros. The rhythm naai ms is sounded and as usual the assistant and candidate "circle" round the gongs, the former carrying the two armlets and the latter a conch. This dance being concluded, the candidate goes up to the newly-carved small gangs which have been set up outside the fence and places his wrist across one of them. The assistant then strikes it with the nevmfln newt, and places on it both the bracelet and the turtle-shell armlet. The two pigs which have been brought are then paid by the candidate 1 It l! not clear whether each candidate lisi one 0|‘ more oi these decanted bflmbooï¬Å. Inhis ECCOHHCS 01 Nfllawan rites, Draco]: illillemainlleï¬Åclibeslllemilom the point oi view of a single candidate, but snmlfjrncs he refers to the activities ni several. in the Ymlgll SKBECIX which 116 gm to ‘illustrate the Iencc round thegongs, two #111811 nlblztia are 8h0W1., but ere is nothing to indicate whether they both belong to d single candidate. In mood» miamp it Scams certain, both (X0111 the sketch and the wording d1 the account, that each man had only H dnd._c. . W, = ~ rliii old man is spoken at as Mabelau, the name for men dc the grade Niunnw in die Nimangki. Wiiethet uni is a chance coincidence M’ no 1 cannot say. It may be that the old Ifllll oihigh rink who was present when my informant made Nimbwiln Ton gnr was d nisnilnn of the grade N;ll'Il/1'.‘, but that this was by 0harlCe—he niigl-liiniys been ofgrade Muluumn. Sllmbw/an and have been called Muluwun instead of Matelau jinn as wel.l."—A. B. n. I;_ ._ A J l= ? ii f‘.
