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414 MALEKULA

one of highest rank to which he is entitled The old man who
has ofï¬Åciated in other parts of these ceremonies ' PUTS on a lemes
napal and carries a bow and arrow (mzvevw baranggan) The
party enters the dancing ground, and, while the tamer naizinggal
are sounded from within the enclosure, thc old man shoots at
the gongs as is done at entrance to Ame! Sssmundurf The
remaining rites are similar to those of the other grades, the title
Telmbwir Mbile being bestowed upon the candidate.

Nimbwilei Ambar Leo "
The structure erected for‘ entrance into this grade is like
that used for Lelengvdal N imb1m'lc1' Tzmggar, Barnboos crowned
with a sprouting coco-nut are thrust through a fence (nimbwilei
nimbrfl) which has been built round the gangs,‘ and the nilevis
and nimbwilei tiiian‘ (the new gangs) are carved, painted, and
set outside it, the faces on them being coloured red. The candidate
pays for all these objects as in the earlier grades. The rites of
entrance then proceed as usual. The only variations occur during
the ceremony oi shooting at the gongs, on the morning after the
performance of mbu/irmbwir. When everyone has been decorated,
the old man of high Nalawan rank, wearing a temes napal on his
head, and carrying a bow and arrow, leads the procession into
the dancing ground. The candidate then mounts the fence
which encircles the gongs and, standing upon it, cries out and
flaps his hands in imitation of a bird. After this the old man
and others who have acquired the right to do so shoot at the
gongs, and the candidate is invested with the hawk’s feather, for
which he pays in the usual manner. Then, before the ï¬Ånal
dance which culminates in the killing of the pig, the candidate
retires behind the amzl, where he is painted and the hat or mask
‘ It is nul clear whether this is the old mhn who pronounced the iormulm
of pig-giving or the assistant oi high min who invested the candidate with the
new armlets.—C. H. w.
I Presumably he iisu shoots at the Nsluwim structures, the him/is, uhd
the iiimbwilsi mm‘, though this is hm; speciï¬Åcally stated ~43. H. w.
I Amaritantus, from whom the ihioiu-iscinn about this grade was acquired,
had not himself entered Nimbwilei Ambnr Len. but he had witnessed the pro-
ceeclingsi—A. B, D.
~ Thu meshing of the hum; is not quite clear. 1c is said that the Ililnbu/ilsi
nmibm is constructed at the back hi the Mull. It is certain, however, that the
fence with the bamboos thrust through it is set up round this gongs in the dkflltiillg
ground it enemies to this grfldé as w Lfll01lg1IB'l1l Nimbimsi Toflggor. rc may
be that the actual prapalltinns mi this structure wkre Carried out in the sacred
plate behind the afll6!.—C. H4 w.