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ulīli

A fire-making ritual.

Performed the day following a day when a house burns down. Fire, for each family of the housing cluster, hīgib, in which the house burned, must be replaced with newly-made fire. Ritualists, with rice beer, perform traditional religious ceremonies, along with prayers to the mana'hāut class of spirits which include celestial and meteorological spirits. A chicken is sacrificed. Four feathers are selected, dipped in the blood of the chicken and used to bless, yabyab, the housing cluster and the whole village. They then make fire with bamboo sticks, ulīli 2. People of the village come at their convenience and light pitch pine, hālong, to take home for their new fires.

For ritualists, mumbā'i, (agent muɴ-) to perform a fire-making ritual, as described above.

For someone (agent muɴ-) to make a friction-fire (theme) on a stationary base stick (loc ref -an), with the use of a friction stick (inst i-, paN-).

Two pieces of bamboo, awāyan, are used, each about 35 cm. long. The base stick has a convex upper surface; the friction stick is sharpened on one edge to form a V. Flint tinder, omo', is held where the sticks intersect and the friction stick is pulled rapidly back and forth over the base stick to produce friction. When the tinder smokes it is put inside dry rice straws, ūlut, and nursed into flame by gentle blowing. Friction fire, thus produced, is especially used in connection with a fire-making ritual, ulīli 1.

banteng 2 te'gad te'mal 2