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-298 MAL-EKULA ,
of its own. When all these men have performed, the pig which
is to be killed “ for the Nimangki â€ù is brought forward and the
candidates conch is broken against its forehead. The animal
is afterwards dispatched by blows from the pig-killing hammer.
This being over the candidate stands up near his temes, and
slapping him on the back the introducer calls out his new title,
Barang Telmbwir.
- M balmbal
In spite of the fact that Nimzmgki M balmbal is the fourteenth
grade on the most reliable of Deacon's lists, it belongs to the
class ofthe Black N imamgki. It is particularly unfortu11ate_that
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Fro. 15. A miuanauu, a ritual object belonging to the Nimangki
- grade Mbalmbul. (After a drawing by the author.)
the ï¬Årst part of the account of the rites of this degree are
untranslated, and since many of the words clearly refer to
ceremonial objects, it is not now possible to get any interpretation
of them. It seems that one of the objects set up for this grade‘
is a bundle of nevunui sticks similar to that used. for N aai M bim-
bump. In addition to this two poles of tartar wood are erected
at an angle of - about 50° near the gongs on the side
farthest from the amel. Each is surrounded by a hedge composed
of a circle of bamboos, outside which is another circle of wild
canes, the whole being bound together with coco-nut sinnet
intertwined with naai raw leaves. Two objects called mwamwu
are -now made. These are long balloon-shaped structures, pointed
at eitherend. They are made of a framework of four or ï¬Åve
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