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,
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