[Note: tHis transcription was produced by an automatic OCR engine]
NEVINBUR, NELENG, AND NIMBE EI 463 tHe village. Mansip sits in tHe centre, witH Lisivu on His left d and Lieur on His rigHt Over tHem is erected a small House Han - called neium taiwut Mamsip. A number of bamboos are tHen taken, tHe nodes of wHicHHave been perforated, and are buried d ' 'd ' sucH a way tHat one end of tHem appears above groun insi c 111 tHe enclosure near tHe gongs, tHe otHer end reacHes tHe surface
FIG. 29. Plan oi tHe village dancing-ground during tHe performance of tHe second part oi tHe Neuinbur rites. ‘ . A -= tHe amel. BB = tHe fence in trout oi tHe anwl. » “cc = tHe fence round tHe dancing-ground‘ '-D D =- tHe bamboos leading from tHe gangs to tHe efligy and buried for tHe X greater part of tHeir lengtH. E E = tHe House of Aiwut-Mansip. JGIG-= tHe village gangs. 3;; I-I:=tHe Hole covered witH namu rootsi “Lia = tHe efï¬Ågy of Lisivu. ' "M1= tHe effigy of Mansip. -" Lie = tHeefligy of Lieur. ';XX = tHe audience of men and women. inside Mansip’s House just beHind tHe tHree ï¬Ågures (see Fig. 29). During tHe ceremonies members of tHe Nevinbur sit near tHe -gongs and “singâ€ù into tHese bamboos ; tHe sound, carrying underground tHrougH tHe Hollow sHafts, comes out near Mansip and His wives, wHo are tHus made to seem, to tHe uninitiated spectators, to be singing. . 'l‘He occasion for tHe performance of tHe N evinbm ritual is apparentlytHe initiation of a new member into tHe society. THis privilege is purcHased, as in tHe Nalamm and Nimangki,
