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Traditions of the Tinguian

Note 78 — 5

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Not long after he went back home. When he reached home Aponībolinayen said to him, “It is best for us to make Sayang.”78 And Kadayadawan asked, “How do we make Sayang by ourselves? Our neighbors are all soldiers.” “Do not worry about that, I will see,” said Aponībolinayen. Not long after Kadayadawan took the betel-nuts and they oiled them and they sent them to the towns of their relatives to invite them to their balaua. The betel-nuts went. Aponībolinayen told Kadayadawan to go and get molave sticks. When he arrived with them Aponībolinayen used magic and she said, “I use magic so that when I thrust the molave stick in the ground it will become a balaua.” Not long after the stick became a balaua.

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