Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) University of California Publications In American Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 343-384 October 29, 1920 KANKANAY CEREMONIES By C. R. MOSS University of California Press Berkeley CONTENTS Introduction Territory of the Kankanay Personal appearance and traits Industrial life Custom law Comparative culture Ceremonial system General comparison with the Nabaloi Spirits and deities Purpose Priesthood Divination Spoken ritual Dancing and songs Omens and taboo Comparative Nabaloi and southern Kankanay ceremonies Lepanto Kankanay ceremonies Particular ceremonies Bindian Pasang Mandit Abasang Dawak and Basit Sibisib Batbat Gaysing Kapi Galon Amlag Mangilin Lawit Mansiyanun Tingiting Siling Palis Pugas Buang Kiad Mayilutlutkan Kosde Palis chi Kabunian Bugid Mantuis Bilig Pungau Bilong Bugak Maydosadan Saldi Manbating Bilig Liblibian Dagas Ampasit Laglagiwin Dayau Tanong Tamo Sagausau Myths Origin of the big and little thunder Origin of thunder and lightning The mountain Kabunian The origin of man INTRODUCTION TERRITORY OF THE KANKANAY Since the Kankanay have been studied very little, the exact extent of their culture area is not at present certain. The Igorot of northern Benguet, and almost all of the people living in Amburayan and southern Lepanto, speak the same dialect, have similar customs, and call themselves by the same name, "Kakanay" or "Kankanay." The people of this group have no important cultural features by which to distinguish them from the Nabaloi, and linguistics is the only basis on which they may be classed as a separate unity. The inhabitants of northern Lepanto call themselves "Katangnang," speak a variation of the dialect spoken in the southern part of the sub-province, and have some customs, such as communal sleeping houses for unmarried boys and girls, which are more similar to certain customs of the Bontoc than to any found among the southern Igorot. It might also be mentioned that the towns of northern Lepanto are comparatively large and compact like those of Bontoc, while the Kankanay of southern Lepanto as well as those of Benguet and Amburayan live in scattered settlements. Another difference is the amount of authority exercised by the baknang or wealthy class. In northern Lepanto the baknang are comparatively unimportant, while among the southern Kankanay they are as powerful as among the Nabaloi. However, the best authorities regard practically all the Lepanto Igorot as Kankanay. This seems to be advisable at present, but it is not improbable that a more thorough study of the Katangnang in the northern part of the sub-province will result in their being classed as a separate group. Regarding the Igorot of northern Lepanto as Kankanay, the territorial limits of the tribe are approximately as follows: On the north, the Lepanto-Bontoc sub-provincial boundary; on the east, the western boundary line of Ifugao; on the south, a line passing near the southern limits of Alilem and Bacun, then through the southern part of Kapangan between the barrios of Kapangan and Datakan, then through the township of Atok a little north of the central barrio, and then through the southern barrios of Buguias; and on the west, a line passing through the foothills of Amburayan and Lepanto. PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND TRAITS In personal appearance the majority of the Kankanay are very similar to the Nabaloi except for the fact that they have hardly benefited as much through contact with the outside world. Except in the case of those who live near the sub-province of Bontoc, it is rather difficult to distinguish a Kankanay man from a Nabaloi. The women of the two tribes are easily distinguished by a difference in dress, since the Kankanay women wear a waist instead of a jacket, and a plain skirt instead of the kind with the folded effect worn by the Nabaloi. In personal traits the Benguet Kankanay are similar to the Nabaloi, but farther north the people are more self-assertive and independent. The difference in this respect between the cargadores of the various culture areas is noticeable. In Benguet they will generally carry without protest whatever size load they are given, but in Bontoc the cargador decides exactly how much he will carry. While waiting for his load, the Benguet man will probably remain out in the road, the Lepanto man in the yard, the Ifugao on the porch; but the Bontoc man comes into the house and acts as if he were in all respects the equal of the one for whom he carries. INDUSTRIAL LIFE In agriculture and the industrial arts the Kankanay and the Nabaloi have made about equal progress, and practically everything that might be said of the one applies equally to the other. The standard of living is about the same, except that as a rule the Nabaloi have more rice. The houses and the method of their construction are similar, but there is a larger proportion of good houses among the Nabaloi. The household furnishings of the two peoples consist of the same or of similar articles. CUSTOM LAW The custom law of the southern Kankanay differs from that of the Nabaloi only in unimportant details. [1] The order of inheritance is the same, and the general principle that property must go to the next generation and that parents, brothers, and uncles can hold it in trust only, applies to the southern Kankanay as well as to the Nabaloi. Another principle of common application by the two tribes is that all relatives of the same degree, whether male or female, inherit equally. The southern Kankanay and the Nabaloi also have similar customs in regard to marriage, and children are betrothed by their parents in the same way. Among the northern Kankanay the young people choose their own spouses as they do in Bontoc. Divorces among the Kankanay are rather frequent, though they claim that they are never divorced after children have been born. I know of two cases of divorce, however, between Kankanay wives and their Nabaloi husbands after there were children. In general, the customs of the southern Kankanay and the Nabaloi regarding the discovery and punishment of crime are the same; but a larger proportion of cases are settled by the Kankanay according to their old custom law, since the Nabaloi have lately become more prone to take their troubles to the white officials. All the ordeals known to the Nabaloi for discovering criminals or testing the veracity of witnesses are used by the Benguet Kankanay. In addition to these they have the test called manman, decided by looking at the gall of two chickens furnished by the respective contestants. The Kankanay as well as the Nabaloi contestant always appeals to the sun. Taken as a whole the custom law of the southern Kankanay and the Nabaloi is the same; and judging from the information at present available we may conclude that all the Igorot groups administer justice according to the same basic principles. COMPARATIVE CULTURE There is little difference in the amount of general knowledge possessed by the Kankanay and the Nabaloi, but the latter are probably a little more advanced in this respect. Whatever may be said of their native culture, the Nabaloi are certainly showing a greater readiness to adopt civilization than any other Igorot people. Comparing the general Kankanay culture to that of the neighboring groups, I should say that it is lower than the culture of the Nabaloi and higher than that of the Bontoc. In some respects it is superior to the culture of the Ifugao or Kalinga, while in other respects it is inferior. CEREMONIAL SYSTEM GENERAL COMPARISON WITH THE NABALOI The Kankanay ceremonial system is similar to that of the Nabaloi. [2] The rituals are the same in general purpose; they are based on a similar belief in spirits; the important elements of both systems are sacrifice and prayer; and the functions of the priests are the same. The ceremonies of each group must be given in their appropriate places, and a particular sacrifice must be offered in connection with each, though there is probably more latitude of choice among the Kankanay than among the Nabaloi. There are Kankanay ceremonies corresponding in purpose to nearly all the Nabaloi ceremonies, but as a rule the spoken ritual is quite different. Some of the corresponding ceremonies are called by the same name, and some by different names. In a few cases ceremonies called by the same name are celebrated for entirely different purposes by the two groups. There is not the same uniformity in the ceremonies celebrated in the various towns of the Kankanay as there is in those of the Nabaloi. As a rule the same rituals are held in the towns of northwestern Benguet, in Ampasungan of Lepanto, and in Bacun of Amburayan. Buguias and Mancayan have the majority of these ceremonies, but not all. On the other hand, a few are celebrated in the latter towns which are unknown in the former. From the data available, it seems that there is even more difference between the ceremonies of the northern and southern Kankanay than there is between those of the latter and the Nabaloi. It is quite certain, however, that all the Lepanto ceremonies have not been recorded, and when this has been done the rituals of the two sections may show a closer resemblance than at present appears to be the case. SPIRITS AND DEITIES The southern Kankanay have no term by which a supreme ruler of the universe is designated, and it is doubtful if any Kankanay, with the exception of a few who live near the coast, have any conception of such a personage. The translation of "Lumawig" as God in connection with the description of some of the ceremonies presented in Robertson's publication on the Lepanto Igorot, [3] may be explained by the tendency of the Ilocano township secretaries who did the recording, to interpret Igorot rituals in terms of the Christian religion. It seems that all the Igorot tribes that have so far been studied recognize Lumawig as one of their great culture heroes. The Benguet Kankanay say that he once lived on earth and was one of them, and that when he died his soul did not go to the mountains with the souls of the other Igorot, but ascended to the sky, where it still remains with the souls of Kabigat, Amdoyaan, and the other great heroes of the past. All the culture heroes are objects of worship. The kakading are the souls of the dead. They go to the mountains but sometimes return to their villages and cause sickness in order that sacrifice will be necessary. The tanong and amud are souls of ancestors. The Kankanay as well as the Nabaloi believe in the existence of spirits other than the souls of the dead, which cause sickness or bad luck. Their concept of the special functions of each class of spirits, however, is not in all cases the same as that of the Nabaloi. The belief in the amdag which catch the souls of the living with a net, and in the pasang which prevent the birth of children, is common to both tribes. On the other hand, the ampasit and the timungau, malevolent spirits of the Nabaloi, seem to be regarded rather as culture heroes by the Kankanay. In addition to the amdag and the pasang, the southern Kankanay recognize the following: The dagas, spirits which live with the people in their dwelling houses. The bilig, spirits which live in the pasture or timber lands near the settlements. The pinading, spirits which live in the high mountains, and correspond in some respects to the kakaising of the Nabaloi. The Kankanay belief in Messeken, Akodau, and the other inhabitants of the underworld is the same as that of the Nabaloi. The belief regarding the underworld seems to be held in common by all the Igorot tribes and to extend to the Tinguian of Abra. The Kankanay in a very few ceremonies pray to the sun and moon, but it is not probable that they pray to groups of stars as do the Nabaloi. The elements are frequently personified in the sacred stories, but it is not probable that prayer is offered to them. PURPOSE The Kankanay make ceremonies for the same general purpose as the Nabaloi. The majority of them are celebrated primarily against sickness, or to avert calamities, such as crop failure. Incidentally, all public ceremonies secure the good will of deities and spirits, and cause the giver to live long, be lucky, and become rich. The matter of personal pride and desire of power is also an important factor, and it is said that the most expensive cañao celebrated by some of the Lepanto Kankanay is given for no other purpose. I think this is doubtful, however, and believe it probable that all cañaos possess some religious significance, even when the givers have a material motive. Another reason for ceremonies given by a member of the Kankanay baknang might be interesting. He stated that if he did not give the mandit and other public cañaos at frequent intervals, all his livestock would be stolen, but that as long as the people knew that they would consume the larger number of his animals, they were willing that he should have the trouble and responsibility of raising them. PRIESTHOOD As with the Nabaloi, the mambunong is an institution; though the Kankanay have more occasions on which they address the spirits and deities without his intervention than the Nabaloi. Except in Buguias the ceremonies are not shrouded in mystery to the same extent that they are among the Nabaloi, and the people have more general knowledge concerning them. The compensation allowed the priest is about the same as among the Nabaloi, and the priests appoint their successors in the same way; that is, by selecting the one to whom the prayer is taught. DIVINATION Anap, meaning "to find out," is the general name for the Kankanay divination ceremonies. Three methods are used. The mambunong puts tapuy in a glass and prays, asking the gods to show what caused the sickness and what ceremony should be celebrated to effect its cure. He then looks into the tapuy where he sees something indicating the cause of the sickness and the ceremony to be celebrated. This method corresponds to the Nabaloi bakno. A stone is suspended by a string, the mambunong prays, the various rituals are named; if the stone moves at the mention of a ceremony, that one must be celebrated. This method corresponds to the Nabaloi sabat. An egg is stood on end on the ground, the rituals are named, and the one to be given is determined by the falling of the egg. This corresponds to the buyon of the Nabaloi, except that the latter use a stick instead of an egg. The examination of the gall of a chicken is used to determine whether or not one will be lucky in doing a certain thing, or whether a sick person will recover. This divination is called manman. SPOKEN RITUAL As with the Nabaloi, the spoken ritual consists of either a petition or a story which serves as a magical formula. The formula seems to be used to a greater extent by the Kankanay than by the Nabaloi. The prayer or formula must always be uttered at the appropriate place and in the proper circumstances, or else it will not be effective. The use of the formula as well as the prayer seems to be common to all tribes of the Igorot including the Tinguian. [4] DANCING AND SONGS There is no dancing in connection with the private ceremonies; but the tayo, a dance by one man and woman at a time, forms a part of nearly all public ceremonies. The dance is the same as the tayau of the Nabaloi except that the Kankanay dance to faster time. The time is faster among the northern than among the southern Kankanay. While the dance is in progress the mambunong shouts the following at intervals of about ten minutes to the man who is dancing: Baliwatak sika; matagoga, maganakka; bomaknangka; bomaknang abu tomoi mansida; bamaknang abu babayi manadong tauwadi, kasinsinopantaka si oaoay. I give you this blessing: may you live long, may you have children; may you be rich; may the giver of this ceremony also be rich; may the women dancing also be rich, so that there will be our gathering together always. While the mambunong is reciting the baliwak, the man stops dancing, but the woman continues. The baliwak corresponds to the datok of the Nabaloi. The typical dances of the Nabaloi and the Kankanay are very similar, but this can not be stated of the dances of any of the other Igorot tribes. The Bontoc, Ifugao, Apayao, and Kalinga dances all differ considerably, and even the most common dances in various towns of the same tribe differ to such an extent that an inhabitant of one town can not take part in a dance of another. Sacred songs form a part of the worship in connection with the Kankanay mandit, palis, tamo, and bindian. The badio, which is an extemporaneous chant similar to the badio of the Nabaloi, is always sung in connection with all ceremonies if there is sufficient tapuy on which to become intoxicated, but it is not regarded as a part of the worship. OMENS AND TABOO The Kankanay pay even more attention to omens in connection with rituals or in their ordinary occupations than do the Nabaloi. Snakes, lizards, or certain birds crossing the roads are omens of bad luck. If anything falls, if a rock becomes detached and rolls down the hill, or a person stumbles, some calamity is sure to follow unless it can be averted by means of ceremonies. The taboos among the Kankanay are even more numerous and last longer than among the Nabaloi. This may be partly due to the fact that the Kankanay are a more primitive people. The taboo and the belief in omens is common to all the Igorot tribes, and the latter is prevalent to some extent among many of the lower class Christian Filipinos. COMPARATIVE NABALOI AND SOUTHERN KANKANAY CEREMONIES [5] NABALOI SOUTHERN PURPOSE KANKANAY Buyon, Sabat, Anap For divining cause of sickness and its Bakno cure by standing stick or egg on end, by swinging stone, or by looking into liquid mirror. Manoni Manman Divining future by looking at gall of chicken. Bindayan Bindian Originally a head-taking celebration. Now given to cure or prevent sickness, or in compliance with a promise made while sick. Pachit Mandit Originally a peace celebration. Now given to cure or prevent sickness, to obtain long life and good luck, and to enhance the prestige of the giver. Chawak Dawak A pachit or mandit on a small scale, and given for the same purpose. Bayog Basit dawak A very small chawak or dawak. (The prayer in mandit is called bayog.) Batbat Batbat Against sickness. Saad Saad A small batbat. Kapi Kapi To prevent sickness of which one has been warned in dreams. Amdag Amlag To secure release of the soul when it has been imprisoned by the amlag. Tawal Lawit To induce a soul which has wandered away to return. Tingiting Tingiting To cause return of souls which have flown away with the fire and smoke of a burning dwelling house. Palis Palis Against witches. Sagausau Palis To cause harm to befall an enemy or to avert harm from the giver. Buang Buang Against deafness. Nansaang Mayilutlutkan Against headache. Palis chi Palis di Against toothache. Also against headache kabunian kabunian by the Nabaloi. Dosad, Sigop Mantuis bilig, Against diseases of the lungs or chest. Bilong, Mayodosan, Manbating Kolos Liblibian Against diarrhoea or pains in the abdomen or stomach. Basil Ampasit Against sexually caused diseases. Sabosab, Diau Dayau To cure sores. (Nabaloi ceremonies also Chuntog, celebrated after a quarrel so that Diau Kasib sores will not result.) Tamo Tamo Against insanity. Pasang Pasang Against sterility. Abasang Abasang At the birth of children. Sibisib Sibisib To cure wounds. Kaysing Gaysing Betrothal ceremony given by parents. Kalon Galon Betrothal ceremony given by betrothed. Mangidin Mangilin Marriage ceremony. Pansijanan Mansiyanun Divorce ceremony. Siling Siling Funeral ceremony. Okat Pugas Ceremony held immediately after a corpse has been put into the coffin or buried. Tabwak Kiad To induce the soul of a person who has recently died to go away and not cause sickness. Kosday Kosde To cause agricultural products to grow. Tawal ni payu Bugid To increase water for irrigation. (Tawal ni payu also against sickness caused by spirits living in rice fields.) Pungau Pungau To cause the rice to increase when harvested. Bakak Bugak To prevent sickness caused by eating new rice. Salchi Saldi To prevent sickness caused by eating animals which have fallen or died of disease. Kiad Against sickness caused by mountain spirits called kakaising. Ampasit Against sickness caused by timber spirits called ampasit. Pasang ni Against sickness caused by air spirits Mansakit called pasang. Timungau Against sickness caused by water spirits called timungau. Gangau To cure rheumatism. Padad To foresee and avert death. Bilig Against sickness caused by spirits of the same name. Dagas Against sickness caused by house spirits called dagas. Laglagiwin Against sickness caused by a guardian spirit. Tanong Against sickness caused by the souls of ancestors. Sagausau For luck before starting on a journey. LEPANTO KANKANAY CEREMONIES [6] A. Generally distributed through northern and central Lepanto: Begnas or pakde, for the general welfare; made two or three times a year, before or after the planting and the harvesting of rice. Similar to the Ifugao honga, the Benguet Kankanay kosde, and the Nabaloi kosday. Bayas, made by the rich to emphasize their station; also against sickness. Made after marriage "every four or five years," or, "three times during one's lifetime." Similar to the Ifugao bumaiyah, the Benguet Kankanay mandit, and the Nabaloi pachit. Bakid, variously described as "for the dead," "against ditches going dry," and "part of other cañaos." Similar to the Benguet Kankanay bugid; and the Nabaloi tawal ni payu. Ubaya, divination, "for finding out." Similar to the Ifugao ubaya, the Benguet Kankanay anap, and the Nabaloi buyon, sabat, and bakno. Palis, against witches. Similar to the Benguet Kankanay palis and the Nabaloi palis. B. Mentioned only in the reports from this or that township: Pasang, against sterility. Similar to the Benguet Kankanay pasang, and the Nabaloi pasang. Keslei, against sickness. Tobag, against sickness. Tonkala, in accordance with a vow rendered during sickness. Bagaoas, for the rice crop; against mice and drouth. Sepesep, nature and purpose not clear. PARTICULAR CEREMONIES [7] BINDIAN The bindian, called by the Kabayan Nabaloi bindayan, is celebrated in Buguias, but in no other Kankanay town. The ceremony is held to cure or to prevent sickness, or in compliance with a promise made while a person is sick. In general, the celebration is similar to that conducted in Kabayan; but in Buguias instead of the dummy head being carved to represent the head of a person, it represents the head of a snake. In the bindian song for Buguias, the deeds of the heroes who went to Legleg and succeeded in killing two large snakes which had been responsible for the death of a large number of people, are commemorated. The olol, instead of representing the takers of human heads as they do in Kabayan, represent the persons who killed the snakes. As among the Kabayan Nabaloi, hogs are used for sacrifice, and the dancing is the same in the two towns. The prayer is also similar. As a rule the celebration is not conducted on so large a scale in Buguias as it is in Kabayan, and fewer people attend. I do not know whether or not this ceremony is given in any of the Lepanto Kankanay towns, but I have seen a dance in Bagnen which is similar to the bindian dance. The Igorot farther north have their head-taking celebrations, of which the bindian seems to be a survival. MANDIT The mandit of the Kankanay corresponds to the pachit of the Nabaloi. The Nabaloi use the word manchit, meaning "to celebrate the pachit." The Kankanay always substitute "d" for the "ch" of the Nabaloi. However, there is a difference in the purpose for which the Nabaloi and the Kankanay of Kibungan and surrounding towns celebrate this ceremony. In Kibungan it is given neither to cure nor to prevent sickness, but only to cause the person celebrating it to become rich and to be honored by the people. In the Kankanay town of Buguias it is celebrated to cure or prevent sickness as well as to enhance the prestige and to increase the wealth of the giver. The following is an account of a mandit which I saw on the 3rd and 4th of October, 1916, at the house of Damadan, a rich Igorot living in Kibungan: The ceremony began about nine o'clock in the morning. The mambunong took a cocoanut shell filled with tapuy, and squatted in front of the house. He then prayed as follows, while holding the tapuy in his hand: Sikayao ay pinading ay kayilinganmi, ipitikenmi dakayos nan tapuy ut makikan kayo; ut adayo golgolidan di pakanenmi. You, the pinading living near us, we are giving you tapuy and food to eat and drink with us; so do not permit what we feed to have a skin disease. The old men then squatted around in a group and sang the bayog, which is as follows: Linmayad si Taydak, linmayad si Dakodak; Ginmosad si Soyaan, linmayad si Taydak; Ginmosad si Balitok, Balitok nay masobok. Tadyonay manyokayok dalingyos bintauwanyo, Linmoboi di baboiyo, inmingyap di manokyo, Ganakyoi sauwaswoo. Siya say isongdoyo Linan inmananito. Ginmosad si Aponan, ingosadna baboina Siay intayawanda sinan boi di mansina. Siya sat matoganda mobalung ya ipidwada Tamonmasinop nan litagua way panamtamangan un dayida. Ginmosad si Maodi balitok nay masodi, Madili ay babayi, dalingyos bintauwanyo, Liniboi di baboiyo, inmingyap di manokyo. Alanyat i songdoyo si bomooi ay nayo. Balbalungmo matago, ipidwanas bungbungo Ut maad adotako. Ginmosad si Angtan; galinay kinadangian. Tanbanos di baknang ingosad ni baboiyo Ay inbayogunyo. Became happy Taydak, became happy Dakodak; Came down from the sky Soyaan, became happy Taydak. Came down from the sky Balitok, Balitok who was kind. The wooden dishes being carried in and out will be seen in your yard, Will become fat your pigs, will increase in number your chickens. Your children born will be eighteen. That is why you will mourn the death of the one celebrating the ceremony. Came down Aponan, bringing hogs So that there would be dancing at the house where the mandit was celebrated. So that they would know when they did it next, He called together the people that they might see everything. Came down from the sky Maodi, gold-shining. Growing fat are your pigs, increasing in number are your chickens. Admit you will mourn the death of the giver of this ritual. If you live, do it again in the future That we may increase. Came down Angtan; his blankets were those of a rich man. The greatest of all the rich men brought down your hogs, Singing the bayog. After singing the bayog, the people danced and drank tapuy until noon, when twelve hogs which were to be killed were tied and put in a row in front of the house. Just before the first hog was killed the mambunong prayed the prayer which is called batbat in Kibungan. It is as follows: Lumawig un Kabigat, si Pati, si Soyaan, si Amdoyan, si Wigan, si Bintauan, si Bangan, si Bogan, si Obongan, si Obung, si Laongan, si Singan, si Maodi, si Kolan, si Moan, si Angtan, si Gatan, si Angban, si Mantalau, si Balitok; minyaan midakayos, yan tagoundakami. Idauwatmoi masangbo, tamo matagokami pangiyaan di ibamin dakami; tamo dakayo ay kabunian waday pangiyaan min dakayo; tamo anakmi waday matago ya waday pangiyaan min dakayo. Mopakenmi adadoenyo, tauaday piditenmi. Mo manokmi abu, matago tauwaday panbiagmi. Mo mansamakmi, abu, mataguay; batong mataguay, din togi mataguay; ta waday panbiagmi. Mo mansamakmi, abu, si pina, ya kapi adadoi bagasna, ta waday ilaukami, ta waday iami sigalimi. Lumawig and Kabigat, Pati, Soyaan, Amdoyan, Wigan, Bintauan, Bangan, Bogan, Obongan, Obung, Laongan, Singan, Maodi, Kolan, Moan, Angtan, Gatan, Angban, Mantalau, Balitok; we are giving this to you that we may live long. Work for us to become rich so that while we live there will be the giving of meat to us by our companions; so that you the gods will have things given to you; so that our children will have life; so that there will be gifts for you. What we feed increase, so that there will be celebrations of ceremonies again. Cause our chickens also to live to be for keeping us alive. Make what we plant also to live; beans to live; camotes to live; to be for keeping us alive. Make what we plant, also, pineapples and coffee, to have much fruit, so that we may have it to sell, that we may have something with which to buy blankets. The hogs were then killed, and after the meat was cooked the same prayer was repeated. After the people had eaten, they began to dance and sing again and continued to do so throughout the night; but only a small number of those who were present during the day remained. The majority went home, taking with them part of the meat which had been left. The second and third days were similar to the first; but fewer people attended, and fewer hogs were killed. The mambunong stated that, if after a person has celebrated the mandit, a stone should become detached from the hillside and roll down near his house, or if there should be a slide near, it would be necessary for him to kill another hog, and have the mambunong pray the following prayer: Sika ay napolug ay bato nay ay okaamka, ut bomaknangak ut adakna bitbitbitug. Mataguak abu ta maobananak. You, the falling stone, I am giving you this so that you will make me rich and will not make me poor. Cause me to live also until my hair is white. While this ceremony corresponds in general to the Nabaloi pachit, the song and prayer are entirely different. In the pachit the prayer is addressed principally to the souls of dead relatives, while in the mandit the hero deities are addressed. The prayer and song resemble more closely those for the Nabaloi bindayan than those for the pachit. It is not improbable that when the bindayan or its equivalent became obsolete among the Kibungan Kankanay, a part of it was incorporated in other rituals. The corresponding Lepanto Kankanay ceremony is variously designated as the bayas, bagnas, and daaus. The corresponding Ifugao ceremony is called bumayah. DAWAK AND BASIT The dawak is a small mandit, and corresponds to the Nabaloi chawak. A very small dawak called basit dawak corresponds to the Nabaloi bayog. BATBAT The batbat is given in all Benguet towns, by the Kankanay as well as the Nabaloi, to cure or prevent sickness and to bring riches and long life to the giver. The ceremony is held for the same general purpose by both tribes, but the manner of celebrating it is different. In the Kankanay towns from one to twelve hogs may be used for this ceremony. The number varies according to the wealth of the giver. Unlike the Nabaloi they do not pretend to deceive the spirits by tying hogs which are not to be killed. The following story regarding this difference was related in Legleg, [8] a barrio of Kapangan: Ud nabaon si Lumawig winatwatun ifugau gudu ta siay aduum si okana. Gomosad pay sin kayilokoan, ay mankadu si gudu adida donongun. Isakayatna pay sin Nabaloi; inamtada di nangia si esa ay yatdaum adadu di indawatna. Sin nangi bagaana sin Kankanay pay yaanda si adadu. Sia say gapona ay iwud diidawat si Iloko sin batbat, mo din Inibiloi ya anda si usaloi, mo di Kankanay pay yaanda si adadu. Long ago Lumawig gave the people hogs so that they would give some of the increase. When he came down from the sky to the Ilocano country and asked for hogs, they did not comply. He asked the Nabaloi; they knew how to give him one and pretend that many were given. When he asked the Kankanay, they gave him many. This is the reason the Ilocanos do not celebrate the batbat; why the Nabaloi give one (hog) only; why the Kankanay give many. Before each hog is killed, the mambunong prays as follows while holding a cup of tapuy in his hand: Kabigat ay maybungan, Lumawig ay maybungan, Buliwan ay maybungan, Pati ay maybungan, Gatan ay maybungan, Dulo ay maybungan, Bintawan ay maybungan, Balitok ay maybungan, Ubang ay maybungan, Bangon ay maybungan, Bugan ay maybungan, Singan ay maybungan, Ubagan ay maybungan, Kolan ay maybungan, Angtan ay maybungan, Soyaan ay maybungan, Amdoyaan ay maybungan, Wigan ay maybungan, Mantalau ay maybungan; mo wada pay di sangbounda ya bomaknangda ut ta mapno di dapatanda, ya mapno di kuboda, ya magabay sinanak, ya gamun ya salon, to wada pansosokubantayo si tapin di agou. Bomangan sin sasakit. Kabigat to whom prayer is offered, Lumawig to whom prayer is offered, Buliwan to whom prayer is offered, Pati to whom prayer is offered, Gatan to whom prayer is offered, Dulo to whom prayer is offered, Bintawan to whom prayer is offered, Balitok to whom prayer is offered, Ubang to whom prayer is offered, Bangon to whom prayer is offered, Bugan to whom prayer is offered, Singan to whom prayer is offered, Ubagan to whom prayer is offered, Kolan to whom prayer is offered, Angtan to whom prayer is offered, Soyaan to whom prayer is offered, Amdoyaan to whom prayer is offered, Wigan to whom prayer is offered, Mantalau to whom prayer is offered; since there is praying here may it cause them to be rich so that their yards will be filled with pigpens, and may they be lucky in having children and money and cattle pasturing, so that there will be our eating and drinking together some other day. May the sick be cured. After the hog has been killed, the mambunong takes the stick with which it was stuck, and swings it while praying as follows: Sika pay ay wikibuyak ta dakami di omanda ya bomaknang, nakasnatna, tan onmandakami, ta isakladmi di puogmi ya malipunan kami si anak, gamung, ya salon. You, the stick, are swung so that we shall live long and become rich, so that we shall live long, so that our legs shall be as horn, so that we shall have many children, much money, and many cattle grazing. The prayer recorded above is used in Legleg and all the other Kankanay barrios of Kapangan, but in Kibungan the prayer recorded under the mandit is also used for batbat. In Buguias the souls of the dead and the malevolent spirits as well as the deities are addressed, and the prayer as a whole is probably more similar to the Nabaloi prayer for batbat than to the one recorded above. Dancing the tayo forms a part of this ceremony in all Benguet Kankanay towns. The ceremony may last from one to three days, and is generally more expensive than the batbat of the Nabaloi. As a rule more hogs, tapuy, and rice are used. It will be noted that in the prayer used by the Kankanay for batbat only the deities are addressed, while the Nabaloi not only relate a sacred story, but also petition the souls of ancestors, the pasang, and some of the constellations. In some respects the Lepanto ceremony called keslei resembles the batbat. Among the Benguet Kankanay as well as the Nabaloi the term saad is used to designate the batbat on a small scale. KAPI Kapi is celebrated by the Buguias Kankanay in compliance with dreams, or a vow made during sickness. A hog, tapuy, and rice are necessary. Just before the hog is killed, the mambunong prays, addressing his prayer to the deities, the souls of the dead, and the malevolent spirits. They are asked not to cause sickness, but to give good luck, riches, and long life. After the hog has been killed and cooked, the prayer is repeated. There is no dancing, but the people generally remain all day and spend the time drinking tapuy. I have never seen this ceremony in any of the western Benguet Kankanay towns, but have been told that it is sometimes celebrated in Kapangan. It is celebrated in all Nabaloi settlements, and in the township of Mancayan in Lepanto. AMLAG The amlag is a ceremony celebrated in all Benguet Kankanay towns. Its purpose is to cause the release of the captured soul of a living person. A chicken, some rice, and a collection of tools are necessary for sacrifice. The mambunong holds the chicken in one hand and squats beside the tapuy and rice while he prays. He begins his prayer by addressing the amlag of the various settlements from the coast town of San Fernando, La Union, to the place where the ceremony is held; and then requests that if any of them have captured the soul of the sick person, they release it in exchange for the food, tapuy, and tools. This ceremony is celebrated for the same purpose as the amdag of the Nabaloi; but no sacred story is told by the Kankanay mambunong, nor are the deities addressed. The ceremony is celebrated in the Lepanto town of Mancayan, and probably in other Lepanto towns. LAWIT Lawit is a ceremony celebrated by the Benguet Kankanay to cause the return of the soul of a living person which has wandered away. One of the Kibungan mambunong said: Mo iitauum ay wadaka's adaway sin buuina, ifugau, sia amona aydin ababiikna tinaymana. If a person dreams that he is far away from his house, he knows that his soul has left him. The mambunong takes a plate of rice from which tapuy has been fermented and holds it in one hand, while holding a chicken in the other. He turns his face toward the sky and says the following: Sika ababiikna ----, omalika, mo sinoi inmoyan, sinan buuitaka, tan inayan nanbuui di kakading. Mo ituum isa matika, ut ungay adika mangan sinan ilagbuam. You, the soul of ----, come back if you have wandered away from our home, because it is dreadful to live in the home of the souls of the dead. If you stay there you will die, and you will not eat what you have earned. The lawit is celebrated in Kibungan, Kapangan, Bacun, and Ampusungan; but I do not know whether or not it is celebrated in any other Kankanay towns. It corresponds to the Nabaloi tawal and to the Bontoc ofat. TINGITING The Buguias Kankanay celebrate a ceremony called tingiting to cause the return of the souls of the persons who have occupied a house which has been burned. It is believed that the souls fly away with the fire and smoke. One of those who has occupied the house holds some dried meat in his hand, while he calls the names of all the sky deities he can remember, and asks that they send the souls to earth again. This ceremony is celebrated by the Nabaloi, and in the Lepanto Kankanay town of Mancayan. PALIS The palis is celebrated by the Benguet Kankanay against witchcraft, and also to cause injury to befall an enemy. Tapuy, cooked rice, and either a chicken or a dog are necessary for sacrifice. The prayer is addressed by the mambunong to the amlag. They are asked to dissolve their alliance with the witch and take the side of the people, or to visit the enemy and cause him bad luck, in consideration of the tapuy and food which are furnished. As soon as the prayer has been finished, the people present sing the angba, a song in which the deities are called by name and asked to witness the palis. One man then dances and waves a spear as if he were attacking an enemy, while some of the people keep time by beating together wooden sticks. The palis is celebrated by the Nabaloi and the Lepanto Kankanay. The ceremony, or its equivalent, is probably celebrated by all Igorot tribes, since a belief in witchcraft is prevalent throughout their territory. When the ceremony is celebrated to divert injury from oneself to an enemy, it corresponds to the Nabaloi sagausau. BUANG The buang is celebrated to cure deafness in Buguias, in some of the Kankanay barrios of Atok, and probably in some if not all of the Benguet Kankanay settlements farther west. The mambunong holds in one hand the chicken to be sacrificed and with the other hand he holds a cup of tapuy above the head of the deaf person, while relating the following story: Kabigat of the earth was constructing a sod fence. While he was bending over to pick up a large piece of sod, he heard the noise of loud thunder. He did not look around, but continued to work. Soon his wife Bangan, who was working in a nearby camote field, called to him saying that it was time to go home. Kabigat did not answer, but continued to build fence. His wife became angry and began to scold, but when she turned around she saw the Thunder standing near. The Thunder said, "Do not become angry with your husband. He does not answer because he can not hear you. I made him deaf. If you want him to be cured get one chicken and one jar of tapuy and celebrate the buang." Bangan did so and Kabigat was cured. Then they handed this down to the people, and commanded that the name of Thunder, Kabigat, and Bangan should be called. This ceremony is celebrated by the Nabaloi, but a different version of the story is told. MAYILUTLUTKAN Mayilutlutkan is a ceremony given by the Kankanay against headache. The mambunong takes a camote in his left hand and holds it against the head of the sick person. He holds a knife in his right hand against the camote, while praying as follows: Sika pay ay mayilutlutkanka's sumingising di agou, mayilutlutkanka's pangawan di agou, mayilutlutkanka's kalibiana agou, mayilutlutkanka's dimana agou, mayilutlutkanka's gomabisana agou, ya mayilutlutkanka's kapat aana; ado ut diya tubum dan dangau ay nay ta pangamoak di kasika ya dagosak iyuan sika's manokmo. You the mayilutlutkan of the morning sun, you the mayilutlutkan of the midday sun, you the mayilutlutkan of the afternoon sun, you the mayilutlutkan of the setting sun, you the mayilutlutkan of the time the cocks first crow, and you the mayilutlutkan of the dawn; may a complete cure be made by the dangau so that you will show yourself to me, and I will make you a gift of a chicken. The mayilutlutkan corresponds to the Nabaloi nansaang. PALIS CHI KABUNIAN The palis chi kabunian is celebrated in Buguias to cure toothache, but I do not think it is celebrated in any other Benguet Kankanay towns. A jar of tapuy and a chicken are used for sacrifice. The mambunong holds the chicken in one hand, while with the other he holds a spear against the aching tooth. He prays to the amlag asking that they cease causing the tooth to ache, and that they visit their malevolence on the patient's enemies instead. The people then sing the angba, a song in which the deities are asked to witness the palis. The patient then holds a spear in his hand while he dances to the music produced by beating together two seasoned wooden sticks. The ceremony is celebrated by the Nabaloi, but the spoken ritual is different. MANTUIS BILIG Mantuis bilig is one of the ceremonies celebrated to cure pains in the chest. A chicken, a jar of tapuy, and a basket of blankets, breech-clouts, and headbands are necessary. The mambunong holds the chicken in one hand, puts the basket on his head, squats beside the tapuy, and says the following: Wada si Damogo ay manili us Natoo. Sia say Mantuis Bilig ay makagayang si ipugau. Inapuna usay galui, usay budbud, usay wanus, ya usay manok. Wada's Mayang ay manili ud Ampungut. Wada's Bokosan ay manili ud Odosan. Wada's Sigmayo ay manili ud Tabayo. Wada's Gomi ay manili ud Kasili. Wada's Palatang ay manili ud Manalang. Omali kayo ta badanganyo dakami si mugmug ya pakan tamo waday kamanina ya waday pangay ay yaganmin dakayo. 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. Angayan idondon Bangan si Kabigat ut inmangaya. Itotukduun pay sina ay Bangan. Amui pay si Kabigat ya binutbutna san kayi ay dakdakui yan tinmudtud san dada. Angayan kaapap si Kabigat isan paguna yan tamokdo. Ingayan sumaa ut asina kanan, "Kaasita pay sina adi pay nanatui sina tan samo waday kayi ay mandada." On gayutkan kinwanin Bangan, "Kambau! sian ay poon di atud di maydosadan." Ut magay pagnan ipaytok sinan kay ipugau. Bangan and Kabigat went to get dorian. [9] Bangan carried on the head in the carrying basket, and Kabigat carried on the back in the carrying frame. They found the dorian and then dug it up, and Bangan filled the carrying basket and Kabigat filled the carrying frame with the root of the dorian. Then Bangan sent Kabigat to get wood. Kabigat then went and picked up a large piece of wood dripping with blood. Then at once Kabigat put his hand on his chest and sat down. Then he went home immediately and said, "Pity us because there has been death here, since the wood was bleeding." Then Bangan said, "Oh! This is the origin of the remedy for maydosadan." So it was handed down to the people. After the chicken has been killed and cooked, the story is repeated. MANBATING Manbating is one of the ceremonies which is held when a person is bleeding from the nose or mouth. The mambunong holds a chicken in one hand, while he sits in front of a basket containing a rope and says the following: Wada, kano, san dua sin agi--Timungau. Unda pay, kano, nanogian. Datgnunda ut san usay togi ay imui us dalum san bugasna
{'title': 'Kankanay Ceremonies by C. R. Moss', 'source': 'Project Gutenberg', 'lang': 'en'}