A violent-death burial holiday of one who has died violently, bināgung.
Also known as go'go' hi himung, this is the second day of a four-day holiday, during which work in the village is suspended and people gather at the home where the dead person is in his or her death chair to express their sorrow. People sit around sadly with folded arms; conversations are quiet and few. As noontime approaches, nā'uy an nuntonga, the dead person is quietly and solemnly taken to a tomb, suspended in a hammock on a pole, the people walking single file. After placing the body in a burial cave, the family returns home to perform a ritual to call spirits back from the sun, opah1. One who has died violently is thought to reside in the sun and, in going there, may have taken some of the spirits of relatives with him or her. The ceremony is performed to bring these spirits back and thus avoid sickness and possible further death in the family. For a listing of the other three days, see bināgung 1.