Note 30 — Chapter VI · THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

There is a third belief that is generally accepted in all parts of the Great Andaman, that Biliku is angry if a cicada be killed, or if a noise be made while the cicada is singing in the morning or the evening. The interpretation of this belief is made difficult by the fact that there is also an association between the cicada and the day and night. Thus Mr Man states that the prohibition against making a noise at dawn (while the cicada is singing) is associated not with Puluga but with the sun30.