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THE NIMANGKI AND NELEMEW 357
is the same save that the arrns of the V are united by passing in
a curve round the back of the neck. Men of high rank are
blackened all over down to their ankles.
When all the pigs have been fastened to the stones, and the
gongs have sounded mbelmbul, the buyer proceeds to distribute
those animals remaining which he has reserved for this purpose
to the visitors. After this has been satisfactorily carried out the
seller and buyer dance round the gongs and then walk round
the stones to which the pigs are tied‘ As the seller passes each
he slaps it and calls out “ laus ". Buyer and seller now dance
round the gongs once more, just as men do when “ circling â€ù for
pigs in Seniang, after which the seller calls the buyer up to the
biggest and most valuable pig which is being paid. The latter
slaps this animal on the back, and the seller slaps him on the
shoulder calling out his new name with the formula: "Lek
mmm are ninggrm san X--—," meaning "You look to-rnormw,
his name will be X~—". When this is ovcr everyone gathers
together his own pigs and departs home. This completes the
ritual, but ï¬Åve days later “ smwur " may be " made ". This is
the ceremony whereby the seller RETURNS to the buyer one of the
pigs which he has received. As indicated above, this counter-
gift may be made later, when the erstwhile seller is himself
buying a Nimangki honour, but apparently ii such an occasion
E not near at hand, or if the seller prefers, he may pay this
“ debt " at an earlier date. The buyer heats the gongs with
the rhythm ibugh tugh mm‘. The seller takes a small yam,
decorates one end as before with croton leaves, and hands this
together with the leading rope of the pig which he has brought
to the buyer, saying "m'm¢tan nemiam bynggu 24'; nimbuah
seravmr en ei I " The gongs heat mbelmbal, and all is over.
The rites performed for the highest rank oi all, when a man
is purchasing the name Saghsagh mal, are rather more elaborate
than those outlined above. A very great number of pigs is
involved, and instead of being only given to the seller they are
killed. First they are tied to the upright stones in the usual
way and slaughtered in groups of twenty, and are then piled
up to make a platform of carcases. The foundation of this
plationn is composed of twenty pigs laid in parallel rows, on top
of these another twenty are laid, and so on until all the pigs
are used up. The buyer then climbs on to this structure and