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TOTEMISM 613 these would he used, it being the same thing. When this form {if disposal is employed, the skull and bones are not removed Qftervthe body has rotted. >The nogharo differs from the neerew or nogho in one important respect: it is not an annual ceremony, but has an eight-year eycle. All nagharo are not performed during the same year, however, sothat in any one year there will probably be one or two such ceremonies taking place. LAGALAG, NESAN, am) Bic N/tmaas Records of toternism in Lagalag are of the vaguest} but among these people there is clearly a series of ceremonies which correspond to the nogharv of their neighbours to the west. These are called naambi and mention is made of the naambi mm nindum (the naambi of the yams) and of naambi nm mus. At the village of Lagandu, too, specimens are found of the sacred prehistoric ‘pottery, here called nughambe, and they are associated as in Lamhumhu, with the rite of increasing bread-fruit performed apparently by an oiï¬Åcial called mugh is nm nzmbzt. It is mentioned also, that yams are increased with the aid of certain black stones, and this suggests another close parallel to the use of stones in the nogham of Lambumbu. ‘, The following story suggests, too, that Lagalag resembles Lambumbu and the South-Western districts, in that each village or clan has its sacred place (hamil tumb), and further that in this sacred place there may dwell a being in the guise of an animal or reptile who receives deferential attention from the villagers and in return is willing to help them against their enemies. It is particularly unfortunate that we know nothing of the Lagalag beliefs about totemic clan ancestors, and we cannot therefore attempt to correlate any such ancestor with this being who inhabits the sacred place belonging to a clan. ' The Story of Mbdgwi of Lag:/mdu Namat tum wmngsm Mbï¬Åghwi itsugh ma is (: Hamil tmnb) A certain snake Whose name was Mbogwi dwelt in the tabu-place Laghandu. Motuen nggulnggulu mm, ghuts mugh/um1>, 1/angan of Lagandu. A certainman watched over him, killed lizards, led » * There is in one oi the nah:-books the cryptic statement: " Tutcruism in Lagalag (Nswi!u!¢)."4c, n. w.
