Contents -- 1. Description of the feast -- Il. The offertories and the invocation spoken at the consecration of the buffalo -- Introduction to the benedictory prayer (Text A) -- Introduction to the invocation spoken at the consecration of the buffalo (Text B) -- Introduction to texts C-J -- Mebala kollcll, the benedictory prayer -- Passomba tedot}, the consecration invocation -- Ma'pallin, the prayer at the rite for the warding off of evil forces -- Likaran bial J, the prayer at the rite at which the offering meal, placed in a small basket made of the interwoven leaves of a reed, is laid down -- MatJrambu lalJi', the prayer at the offering to cover upguilt -- MalJrimpurJ, the prayer at the communal to the ancestors 166G. Ma'bubut}, the prayer when the ridge covering off Iattened-out bamboo culrns is laid on the roof. 168H. Kada dipaupu', ke umpatorroi pat}an susite, the conduding words spoken when the offering of sirih-pinangis laid down -- Kada dipaupu', ke umpatorroi pesut}, the concluding words when the l caves with the offering meal on the mare laid down. 182J. Ma'tambuli, the invocation at the ma'tambuli = to diga hole in the ground with a pointed object. |