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Traditions of the Tinguian

Note 173 — 18

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“You alan who look like me, we will go and see Ilwīsan and make him go into the house, for he has returned from fighting.” Not long after they made him climb the sangap173 so he could talk with the star, it was so high. Ilwīsan did not climb, but he jumped over the ladder and he did not touch it. “You, alan, take down the gansas for we are going to have a big party, for we have come back from fighting.” So the alan took down the gansas and they danced. “You send your people to go and invite our relatives,” said Ilwīsan, “so that they will come to attend my big party, for I have returned from the fight.” So they sent the messengers to the towns where the relatives lived.

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