Bilong is a ceremony which is celebrated to cure diseases of the
lungs. The mambunong holds in one hand a piece of dried meat and says
the following:
Wada, kano, da Ginsingan un Suyan. Mansida pay, kano, san
tonodaisan adue ya mayaganda Ginsingan ya si Suyan. Amuida pay,
kano, yan pinoda san usay takbada si patok yan pinoda san usay
takbada san inapoi. Somaada pay, kano, yan manbidbidbidang ut
san usay batang. Ingayon kinwanina ut, kano, un, "Manototo ut
sina ta manganta."
Omada ut, kano, isan patok ud idawista apoi. Kanuttut, kano,
adi makaoto san apoi ay manbidbidang. Amui dapag pay, kano,
gogoabna, yan tomagoda ut sia nangidawisan isan panganda ay patok
ut dagos naoto.
Makakanda pay, kano, yan somaada ud baboida. Manokda duandan
mantogas eda. Anapunda pay, kano, yan bilong. Ingayan kinwanina,
kano, un, "Payun tako's nan ipugau ta mo waday nankios bakun ya
mantogpasda, ya daita di poon di sapon di bilong."
There were Ginsingan and Suyan. A person celebrating a ceremony
and his relatives far away invited Ginsingan and Suyan. When
they went one basket of meat fell, and one basket of cooked
rice fell. While they were on the way home, there was one tree
blazing. Then they said, "Let us cook and eat here."
They took the piece of meat and roasted it on the fire. They
could not cook it on the blazing fire. They went below a little
distance and roasted their food, the meat, and it cooked easily.
When they had eaten they went home. They were coughing and
spitting blood. Then they discovered the bilong. Then they said,
"We will hand it down to the people so that if they have sickness
or spit blood, we shall be called and shall be the origin of the
prayer of bilong."