About six o'clock the next morning, the women began the ceremonial pounding of the rice known as _kitong_ (cf. p. 329) in the yard, while one of the mediums went to the bound pig lying in the dwelling and recited a _diam_ as she stroked its side; she also poured a little _basi_ through the slits in the floor for the use of any visiting spirits. While the women were thus engaged, the men were busy constructing spirit houses in the yard. Of greatest importance was the _tangpap_ (Plate XXVII), a small bamboo structure with a slanting roof, resting on four poles, and an interwoven bamboo floor fastened about three feet above the ground. [152] Near one of the house poles a funnel-shaped basket was tied, and in it was set a forked stick, within the crotch of which was a little floor and roof, the whole forming a resting place for the Igorot spirits of Talegteg. The _pala-an_ needed a few repairs, and two of the old men looked after these, while others made two long covered bamboo benches which might be used either by visiting men or spirits. [153] Four long bamboo poles were set in the ground, and a roof placed over them to form the _bang-bangsal_, a shelter always provided for the spirits of Soyau. By ten o'clock all was in readiness, and the people then gathered in the dwelling, where the mediums began summoning the spirits. The first to arrive was Omgbawan, a female spirit whose conversation ran as follows: "I come now because you people ought to make this ceremony. I did not come last night, for there were many spirits here, and I was busy. You people who build _tangpap_ must provide all the necessary things, even though they are costly. It is good that the Americans are here. I never talked with one before." Manaldek [154] was the next arrival, and as he was one of the spirits who was supposed to have caused the patient's illness, his visit was of considerable importance. He was presented with a spear and prepared betel-nut. The latter was attached to the point of the weapon, and this was pressed against the body of the pig, then the spirit touched each member of the family in order to drive the sickness from them.