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ūhib

A dried spirit-offering.

Consists of animal parts such as the skin, ear, leg of a pig; hand, foot of a monkey; leg of a chicken. This offering is treasured and inherited; it is added to from time to time. It serves as an offering to spirits in most ritual ceremonies, by being placed either on the lid, hū'ap, of a cooked rice basket, or on a winnowing basket, pallungan, during the ceremony. During the performance of a minor blessing ritual, it is used in the blessing ritual as described below. It is stored either on an interior wall shelf, padyay, or is hung on a ceiling beam, lī'ub.

For someone (agent muɴ-) to perform a minor blessing ritual (theme) for a sick person (loc ref -an) with a dried spirit-offering.

This ritual is an attempt to cure sickness without the expense of a major blessing ritual, honga 1b. Prayers including those to dumatong spirits causing sickness are recited inside the sick person's house with only rice beer and a dried spirit-offering. At the end of the prayers, the dried offering is singed, placed in the lid, hū'ap, of a cooked rice basket, and a ritualist faces the open doorway and blesses the sick person, hapud 3.

For someone (agent) to use a particular collection of dried animal parts for a dried spirit-offering, as described above.