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
The Lightning said, "You cook the fish." The Wind put one large
fish into the pot. When the Lightning saw it he said, "Not that
much; the pot will not hold it. Watch me cook." The Lightning cut
the fish into pieces and put one piece into the pot. The piece
filled the pot.
The Lightning said, "Put into a pile the bones of the fish;
then we will cause them to become alive again." They finished
eating, and then threw into the water the bones of what they had
eaten. They threw into the water first the bones of what had been
eaten by the Wind. They did not return to life. Then they threw
into the water the bones of what had been eaten by the Lightning;
they swam, and went away.
The Lightning said, "I won against you." The Wind said, "Yes,
truly, I lost this." Then they became friends.
DAGAS
When two or more persons living in one house become sick at the same
time, the anap generally shows that the dagas, which are spirits that
live in houses, have caused the sickness. When the people living in a
certain house have not had a cañao for a long time, the dagas which
live with them become hungry and make them sick. The ceremony which
must then be celebrated is called by the same name, dagas.
A chicken, rice, blankets, and tapuy are necessary. The mambunong
holds the chicken in one hand, and squats near the rice, tapuy,
and blankets while relating the following:
Wada, kano, san dua ay sin agi. Bomalada pay, kano, mo waday
mansida. Pankapokapoan san ipugau. Ay kaasi ta pay kanosna adi
unya nan manili si ipanganta. Daeda kinwanina un, "Amuita ut ta
unta masapos boita sin lomasan." Makasapoda payan unmadas asoda,
ut unda manganop.
Manganopoda pay, kano, yan guniyagiak san asoda isan gawanda
kadu. Amuida ut, kano, gigyakunda san malawas ay kayi, ya malawas
ay bulo, malawas ay maka. Daeda kinwanina, "Alauntako ut nata
sapounta si boita."
Alaunda pay, kano, ut sapounda boida. Yan kanutnut kasindan
sasakit; ungayan alanda ut, kano, san usay manokda, ut ya anda
san dagas pay mayilatonan. Asida pay ipaytok sinan ipugau ut siay
yat abun nan ipugau.
There were two brothers. They went out of the house when there
was a ceremony. The people rubbed their greasy hands on them. They
were sad because they were not given food by the people. They said,
"Let us go and make our house out of sight." When they had left,
they took their dogs and went to hunt.
While they were hunting, their dogs barked in the midst of the
forest. They went there, and they were barking at a branchless
tree, a branchless bamboo, and a branchless vine. They said,
"Let us take them and use (them) for making our house."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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