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TOTEMISM 611
' The signiï¬Åczmce of the " baby Kabul " is not clear, nor as
will be seen in the following chapter do any rnyt.hs concerning
the Kabul throw any light upon it. The dressing-up of men in
women's garments, and the carrying about of babies in the
form of yams and a " baby Kabul " doubtless symbolize fertility.
LAMBUMBV
V That totemism exists in Lambumbu is indicated by a briei
note to the effect that the totem oi the village Liiwag is nï¬Åwang,
the cabbage. Beyond this we have no evidence of the existence
oi any beliefs concerning descent from or respect for any particular
speCieS by any clan. The close cultural similarities between this
district and Scniang will probably justify us in assuming that
this one reference to tctcmisrn implies that here, too, Deacon
found this institution in the same form that he had found it in
the south. There is, moreover, deï¬Ånite evidence that in Lam<
bumbu, as i.n Mewun and Seniang, most, if not ail, descent localities
have a sacred place, 11/14! maul,‘ and perform a ceremony to
increase a certain foodstuff. This ceremony is the mgham ; thus
there, is a nogharo of the yarn at Lombelag, Timbini, and Piri;
pf‘ the bread-fruit (Nagharo Nembzt) at Tambinbon, Lowag,
and Tivlamp, and the clan Ran Nembew performs the nogham
oi ‘pigs, (Nagharo Nimbuuh). It is perhaps signiï¬Åcant that the
totemypnd mzghayo object of Lowag are distinct. Of the nature
9‘ hh-gutkflghnro rites we are ignorant save for a short account of
the;,N§yg]pqro,}Yimb¢qah: bamboo vessel; kept specially for the
¢§rem(>ny,and handedwdown irornUeach’clan_n1agician to his
successor, is_talgen to the.stream‘called-nï¬Åwei namg ‘and ï¬Ålled
with water, Iheyleaves oi nisivumg and nimumwmgk’ are then
squeezedinto the. water and the bamboo carried to the middle
of the dancing-ground. Herc, standing between the gongs, the
magician pours the infusion on to the ground while muttering
the words : “ The sows’ bellies swell up ; the sows, become they
great, bear they pigs] "
y It will he noticed that in this account there is no mention
oi any invocation of a temes nor is there any evidence that tame:
* Maul is the word generally an ‘for any object which is potent or dangerous
from its associations with magioi—A. B. D.
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