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Traditions of the Tinguian

Note 210 — 26

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Not long after Ībagō wa Agimlang started to go and he lost his way, and he went through the mountain rice clearing of Kabangowᴇyan, who was the Lakay210 and he walked through many lawed vines which were wide spreading and when anyone cut off a leaf they smiled. As soon as he arrived at the little house of the old man, “Oh, grandfather, tell me the way back home and I will not take your head,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang to the old man. “Where are you going?” he said. “I am going home to the town of Pindayan, for I am returning from fighting.” “Stop while I cook, and you can eat first, and then you can go,” said the old man. “No, I do not wish to eat. Tell me the way back home,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang. So he showed him the way to Pindayan, but missed the way and they went through the middle of the reeds, and the place where the lawed vines grew, and he met the pretty girl who was his sister, who had been hiding between two leaves. “Now, pretty girl, I have found you among the lawed vines, and I am going to take you,” said Ībagō wa Agimlang. So he took her and he put her inside of his belt.

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