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NEVINBUR, NELENG, AND NIMBE EI 463 the village. Mansip sits in the centre, with Lisivu on his left d and Lieur on his right Over them is erected a small house han - called neium taiwut Mamsip. A number of bamboos are then taken, the nodes of which have been perforated, and are buried d ' 'd ' such a way that one end of them appears above groun insi c 111 the enclosure near the gongs, the other end reaches the surface
FIG. 29. Plan oi the village dancing-ground during the performance of the second part oi the Neuinbur rites. ‘ . A -= the amel. BB = the fence in trout oi the anwl. » “cc = the fence round the dancing-ground‘ '-D D =- the bamboos leading from the gangs to the efligy and buried for the X greater part of their length. E E = the house of Aiwut-Mansip. JGIG-= the village gangs. 3;; I-I:=the hole covered with namu rootsi “Lia = the efï¬Ågy of Lisivu. ' "M1= the effigy of Mansip. -" Lie = theefligy of Lieur. ';XX = the audience of men and women. inside Mansip’s house just behind the three ï¬Ågures (see Fig. 29). During the ceremonies members of the Nevinbur sit near the -gongs and “singâ€ù into these bamboos ; the sound, carrying underground through the hollow shafts, comes out near Mansip and his wives, who are thus made to seem, to the uninitiated spectators, to be singing. . 'l‘he occasion for the performance of the N evinbm ritual is apparentlythe initiation of a new member into the society. This privilege is purchased, as in the Nalamm and Nimangki,
