3. There is, however, a third and highest grade, which is attainable only by ambitious candidates who are rich enough to make the necessary outlay. They may become _manang bangun_, _manang enjun_ (_manangs_ waved upon, _manangs_ trampled upon). As in other cases, this involves a whole night’s ceremony, in which many of the older witch-doctors take part. They begin by walking round and round the aspirant to this high honour, and wave over him bunches of betel-nut blossom. This is the _bangun_ (the waving upon). Then in the middle of the veranda a large jar is placed having a short ladder fastened on each side and connected at the top. At various intervals during the night the _manangs_, leading the new candidate, march him up one ladder and down the other, but what this is supposed to symbolize is not clear. As a finish to this play at mysteries, the man lays himself flat on the floor and the others walk over him and trample upon him. In some mysterious way this action is supposed to impart to him the supernatural power they themselves possess. This is the _enjun_, the “trampling upon.” The fees necessary to obtain this highest grade among witch-doctors are high, and therefore few are able to afford it. One who has been through this ceremony will often be heard to boast that he is no ordinary spirit-controller or soul-catcher, but something far superior—a _manang bangun, manang enjun_. There is a yet higher grade which some _manangs_ attain to—that is, when he becomes a _manang bali_. _Bali_ means “changed,” and a _manang bali_ is one who is supposed to have changed his sex, and become a woman. Sometimes a male _manang_ assumes female attire. He does this, it is said, because he has had a supernatural command conveyed to him in dreams on three separate occasions. To disregard such a command would mean death. He prepares a feast, and sacrifices a pig or two to avert evil consequences to the tribe, and then assumes female costume. Thenceforth he is treated like a woman, and occupies himself in female pursuits. His chief aim in life is to copy female manners and habits as accurately as possible. A _manang bali_ is paid much higher fees than an ordinary _manang_, and is often called in when others have been unable to effect a cure. I do not think there is ever a case of a young man becoming a _manang bali_. Generally it is an old and childless man who uses this means of earning a livelihood. The only occasion on which I have met a _manang bali_ was in the upper part of the Krian River. He seemed a poor sort of creature, and appeared to me to be looked down upon by the Dyaks, though they were glad enough to ask his help in cases of illness. He had a “husband,” a lazy good-for-nothing, who lived on the earnings of the _manang bali_.