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
You, Sun and Moon, I am now celebrating the sagausau; and if I go,
wherever I go, make them give me blankets and sell to me cheap.
In Buguias, where a large number of people make their living by acting
as middlemen, between the Nabaloi and Ilocano on the one hand, and
the Ifugao on the other, the prayer which is spoken by the mambunong
is as follows:
You, Sun and Moon, come; witness the sagausau. ---- is about to
start on a journey to trade. May he be successful in trading. May
he be able to collect all that is due him and evade payment of
what he owes. Cause the people to give him food and blankets.
In the Lepanto town of Mancayan the sagausau is celebrated, but I do
not know whether or not it is held in the other Lepanto towns.
The sagausau of the Nabaloi is celebrated for a different purpose
and is an entirely different ceremony.
MYTHS [10]
ORIGIN OF THE BIG AND LITTLE THUNDER
Guaday ifugau ay way onasna. Usay bungbungo idi una inila baung,
inila ay waday mangibot si onasna. Ud isay labi nantabon ta ilauna.
Inila nay adadu ay basang nay omali ay inbayat si si lupateha sin
alad. Inanay din lupot nay usali yan kimiti. Din isali nay babayi
inani di lupot, yan sinmayag, modin usali nabayan adin makasayag tan
din lupot inikudna din payadna.
Inkwanina sin ifugau un, "Iatudmo din lupotko, tan sakun talauak,
yan kianko ay sumayag ud kayang." Mon din ifugau yatna un, "Adiak
iatud din lupotmo anganas asauwam sakun." Ud niman manasauwada, mon
adina inatud din lupotna insisiya. Mo din lalaki inpuina di lupot
sin dalum di dakalan sin adina inila.
Ud niman angoi yay tolo ay tauan di manasauwanda, ut nananakda's
dua. Idi usali yay agou din babayi inmui nay sansinokatan din
dakdakalan, idi sinokatanan dakalan, dingtungna din lupotna.
Mo din usali nay anak mati. Din si inada maladi ay inanilaun di usali
yay anakna ay mabayan si nalabi, mon adin omali sin kagauan.
Sin namingsan nay labi, din si inana di anak piana nay alaun sisiya
ut kayang, mon din si amana inilana si asauwana. Idi anoka naniboda
ut mantolagada un panpapitakadda din anak. Si inana din kagadua,
ut nanbiagana; idi nanbiagana di kagadua, binugauwan naut di usali
yay kagaduana. Modin usali nay kagaduana nabuyok tan si amana adina
mabalin nay panbiagan. Idi namingsan nay labi, din si inana nanbiagana,
yan yatna un, "Sulabitam din kagaduum." Ud niman sinongbalana, mon
adiut napigsa tan nabayag ay nabuyok.
Nanbalin si kitkitoi yay kido, ut usali nay kagadua nanbalin nay
abalug ay kido.
There was a man who had sugar cane. One morning when he went to see
his field, he saw that some one had stolen his sugar cane. Then one
night he hid to watch.
He saw many beautiful women come and hang their clothing on the
fence. He took the clothing of one and made a loud noise. The other
women took their clothing and flew away, but the one remaining could
not fly because her wings were fastened to her clothing.
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