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beklug Sense 1 verb English. Holds a sacrificial ceremony initiated by one person, sponsored by several people and attended by very many, often hundreds. Example sentence: Subanen. Megbeklug laung si nga Antikil. English. Antikil's family will hold a beklug ceremony, they say. Cultural Note. Such a ceremony is held to absolve sponsors of much sacrificial debt to the unseen world. noun English. Such a ceremony. Sense 2 noun English. The ceremonial platform for such a sacrifice. Example sentence: Subanen. Peseken na sug beklug ne nga Luasan lema'. English. The platform posts for Luasan's beklug ceremony will be set in the ground tomorrow. Cultural Note. It is a flexible floor on which the attendees dance around a central position holding hands as the floor goes up and down in response to the dancing. When the floor's movement becomes extreme enough, a pole suspended vertically in its center pounds on a slightly hollowed log lying face down on the ground below the center, Generic. kanu
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