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bāoy
1a
An evening-continuation sub-ritual, conducted the second evening of a major blessing ritual, pāhang.
This ritual, also called attup, lasts from about evening dusk, nunhīnag, until very late evening, nun'enlot. Half the head of each pig sacrificed earlier that day, along with half of the intestines, hīlot; stomach, putu, and lungs, bala, are cooked. Prayers are begun, including ginūmun, bumāun, halūpe, bullāyaw, piddāya, pinādeng, and a chanted bāoy prayer. Two or three chickens are sacrificed, cooked and added to the cooked pork. The bāoy prayer is then finished and this sub-ritual ends by ritualists, mumbā'i; male members of the household, and near neighbors, eating the meat with rice.
1b
For someone (agent muɴ-) to perform a second-evening sub-ritual of a major blessing ritual, pāhang, as described above.
2a
A counteractive prayer for the cure or prevention of lameness, piklud.
This is a chanted prayer, begun the first night during the hapālit sub-ritual and continued to completion the second evening during the bāoy sub-ritual. Two features characterize this chanted prayer. It is a collection of short, unrelated stories on wide-ranging topics; it is also a repository of inventories of varieties of numerous cultural objects, including the following: backpacks, blankets, bolos, bowls, chickens, crops, pigs, spears, wine jars.
aglīwat, Kinds of Ritual Chants,
2b
For someone (agent muɴ-) to chant a counteractive prayer for lameness, as described above.
For someone (agent muɴ-) to use a particular chant (inst i-) as his counteractive prayer for lameness, as described above.
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