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.

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