PUGAS

After a dead person has been buried, the people gather in his

yard. They get a vessel of water, and the mambunong puts grass in it

and sprinkles them, while saying the following:

Wada, kano, san dua sin agi. Daeda Balitok un Obog. Nananakda

ut napno san kabilibilig. Asida naatui san kayilianda. Natui

payan inkapotda. Asida matapog nan kayipupugau at alanda san

usay pingan ya lima ay tabon di pao, ut manpagasda. Manpagasda

pay, kano, yan laton utay magay mamatui un daeda. Ingayan duiay

ya lida ut ipugasdasnan kayi ipuipugau ut sianan moada matui,

maagum san ipugau ut manpagasna.

There were two brothers. They were Balitok and Obog. They had

children, and the mountains fell. Then their neighbors died. When

they died they buried them. Then the people gathered together,

and took one plate and five leaves of cogon grass and made a

ceremony. They made the ceremony then so that none of them would

die. Then they handed it down to the people so that when there were

deaths, the people would gather together and perform the ceremony.

The pugas corresponds to the Nabaloi okat.

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