Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . MURUXG WOMEN SQUATTING IN ORDER TO OBSERVE THE MAROWEI. MIPIM. \I\\ AMI WIKE. TlMN^- \l\KnUH THE DANCING FEAST 117 One man held an upright stick between the legs of theanimal, while another opened the artery of the neck withone thrust of his knife. The pig was next lifted up by thecarrying-pole so that the blood might run into a vessel,which was handed to a man who climbed the kapatongand smeared blood on the image of a human being at thetop. This indicated t
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . MURUXG WOMEN SQUATTING IN ORDER TO OBSERVE THE MAROWEI. MIPIM. \I\\ AMI WIKE. TlMN^- \l\KnUH THE DANCING FEAST 117 One man held an upright stick between the legs of theanimal, while another opened the artery of the neck withone thrust of his knife. The pig was next lifted up by thecarrying-pole so that the blood might run into a vessel,which was handed to a man who climbed the kapatongand smeared blood on the image of a human being at thetop. This indicated that the feast was for the benefitof the soul of that ironwood statue, because it is an in-variable custom for the blood of a sacrificed animal to besmeared on the principals of any feast or ceremony, andthis is also done when attempting to cure or ward off ill-ness. The same custom obtains in the case of those aboutto be married; or, if children are to be named, if a move ismade to a new home, blood is first daubed on the house. The pig was then carried a little farther away, wherethe space was more favourable for dancing, which soonbegan to our edification. It was the same type of dan
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