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baltung
1a
An invitational chant, calling the spirit Būlul and his wife Būgan an hi Imbūlul to join in drinking rice beer with ritualists, mumbā'i, performing the ritual.
Būlul and his wife are called to several successive stations, beginning at Downriver, Lāgud, and ending at Batad. The spirits are called by reciting a chant until they reach the first station. While they rest, a chant is sung, followed by another recitation, and so forth. Upon arrival, the spirits are invited to drink rice beer with the ritualists. During the amah ritual, performed the evening commencing the post-transplanting holiday season, ulpi, Būgan an hi Imbūlul is invited to accompany the wife of the one sponsoring the event to their ritual pond fields, to join in field day, pītaw, activities and especially to help plant the ritual markers, ludho', in the fields. Invitational chanting is engaged in as additions to amah and hapālit sub-rituals.
1b
For someone (actor maN-) to recite an invitational chant (theme) to Būlul and his wife Būgan an hi Imbūlul (loc ref), as described above.
mamaltung
1c
For someone to cause Būlul and his wife Būgan an hi Imbūlul (theme i-) to come to the house (loc ref -an) of one sponsoring the ritual by encouragement, as described under 1a.
aglīwat, Kinds of Ritual Chants,
2
Post-transplanting holiday eve, commencing the observance of the post-transplanting of rice, ulpi 1.
Hi mowod di baltung hi ad Umbūlu ti nalpah di bogayda.
This coming early evening is post-transplanting holiday eve in Cambulo because their rice transplanting season has ended.
During the evening, the amah 2 ritual is performed. Prayers to numerous spirits are recited. If the family is poor, no chickens are killed that night in anticipation of chickens being killed the following day, field day, pītaw, in the fields. The rich continue the amah ritual; two or three chickens are killed and Būlul, and his wife, Būgan an hi Imbūlul, are called by invitational chanting, baltung 1. Ritualists and friends gathered eat the chickens with rice and the family eats what remains.
amah 1
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