For someone (agent muɴ-) to ritually initiate eating (theme) from a stack of newly-harvested rice (loc ref -an).
After harvest a few bundles are set aside to be eaten immediately; the majority of sheaves are stacked, ponpon, in a house attic or granary. This is the main food supply for the year. Before beginning to take from this stack, eating from the newly-harvested rice is initiated. This will occur two weeks to a month following the end of harvest and often on the day following a minor blessing ritual, tūngul3. Early in the morning a bundle from the stack, lino'wab, is taken, pounded, and about a half of it is cooked. Either the man of the house or his wife will eat only this rice for breakfast without water or side dish. This is repeated at noon and at night. The following day, the family can begin eating from the stack. This is done to maximize the length of time the stack can be used before it is depleted.