Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . Z 5 COS. 111,11 V iriM, (,i \t \()HLK. AM) HIS WII K. TIIK SISTKR OK THE RAJ \ i Lost; IAMAN(;ei THE GREAT FEAST 227 dance of the blians, and these were a daily feature of thegreat occasion, a dance hitherto in vogue at night wasdanced in the afternoon. In this the people, in singlefile, moved very slowly with rythmic steps, describinga circle around three blians, including the principal one,who sat smoking in the centre, with some bamboo basketsnear by. Next morning the ci
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . Z 5 COS. 111,11 V iriM, (,i \t \()HLK. AM) HIS WII K. TIIK SISTKR OK THE RAJ \ i Lost; IAMAN(;ei THE GREAT FEAST 227 dance of the blians, and these were a daily feature of thegreat occasion, a dance hitherto in vogue at night wasdanced in the afternoon. In this the people, in singlefile, moved very slowly with rythmic steps, describinga circle around three blians, including the principal one,who sat smoking in the centre, with some bamboo basketsnear by. Next morning the circular dance was repeated,with the difference that the participants were holding onto a rope. About four oclock in the afternoon the Dayaks be-gan to kill the pigs by cutting the artery of the animals, which were in surprisingly good condition,made little outcry. The livers were examined, and iffound to be of bad omen were thrown away, but the pigitself is eaten in such cases, though a full-grown fowl or atiny chicken only a few days old must be sacrificed in ad-dition. The carcasses were freed from hair by fire in
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