Kankanay Ceremonies: (American Archaeology and Ethnology)Moss, C. R. (Claude Russell)
Religion
Kankanay Ceremonies: (American Archaeology and Ethnology)
Moss, C. R. (Claude Russell)
Igorot (Philippine people); Kankanay language -- Texts; Rites and ceremonies -- Philippines
There is Damogo, who lives in Natoo. He is Mantuis Bilig who
spears the people. He requires one blanket, one breech-clout,
one headband, and one chicken. There is Mayang who lives in
Ampungut. There is Bokosan, who lives in Odosan. There is Sigmayo,
who lives in Tabayo. There is Gomi, who lives in Kasili. There is
Palatang, who lives in Manalang. You come to help us in feeding our
chickens and in feeding our hogs, so that there may be (a ceremony)
like this, so that there will be (something) for calling you names.
BILONG
Bilong is a ceremony which is celebrated to cure diseases of the
lungs. The mambunong holds in one hand a piece of dried meat and says
the following:
Wada, kano, da Ginsingan un Suyan. Mansida pay, kano, san
tonodaisan adue ya mayaganda Ginsingan ya si Suyan. Amuida pay,
kano, yan pinoda san usay takbada si patok yan pinoda san usay
takbada san inapoi. Somaada pay, kano, yan manbidbidbidang ut
san usay batang. Ingayon kinwanina ut, kano, un, "Manototo ut
sina ta manganta."
Omada ut, kano, isan patok ud idawista apoi. Kanuttut, kano,
adi makaoto san apoi ay manbidbidang. Amui dapag pay, kano,
gogoabna, yan tomagoda ut sia nangidawisan isan panganda ay patok
ut dagos naoto.
Makakanda pay, kano, yan somaada ud baboida. Manokda duandan
mantogas eda. Anapunda pay, kano, yan bilong. Ingayan kinwanina,
kano, un, "Payun tako's nan ipugau ta mo waday nankios bakun ya
mantogpasda, ya daita di poon di sapon di bilong."
There were Ginsingan and Suyan. A person celebrating a ceremony
and his relatives far away invited Ginsingan and Suyan. When
they went one basket of meat fell, and one basket of cooked
rice fell. While they were on the way home, there was one tree
blazing. Then they said, "Let us cook and eat here."
They took the piece of meat and roasted it on the fire. They
could not cook it on the blazing fire. They went below a little
distance and roasted their food, the meat, and it cooked easily.
When they had eaten they went home. They were coughing and
spitting blood. Then they discovered the bilong. Then they said,
"We will hand it down to the people so that if they have sickness
or spit blood, we shall be called and shall be the origin of the
prayer of bilong."
MAYDOSADAN
Maydosadan is one of the ceremonies which is held to cure pains in
the chest. The mambunong holds a chicken which is to be sacrificed,
while he relates the following:
Bangan un Kabigat unda manorian. Inagton Bangan tagbana, yan
inaligida Kabigat din pataklangna. Dintangda san dorian ay sin
poon; anayan kaotanda ut mapno san tagban Bangan, ya mapno san
pataklang Kabigat sin bugas di dorian.
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