_balaua_. As soon as they built their _balaua_ they sent someone
to go and secure betel-nuts which were covered with gold. Not
long after the betel-nuts which were covered with gold arrived and
the old woman Langa-an oiled them, and she used magic so that the
betel-nuts went to invite all their relatives, who lived in other
towns, to attend _balaua_ with them. She told the betel-nuts that
if any did not wish to attend _balaua_ with them, to grow on their
knees. As soon as she commanded them they went, and the betel-nut
which went to Kaodanan arrived, "Good morning," it said to the old
man, Pagbokásan who was lying in the _balaua_. He looked up and said,
"Who was that," and he saw it was a betel-nut, covered with gold and
oiled, and the betel-nut said, "I come to bid you attend the _balaua_
of Pagatipánan of Kadalayapan, because Aponigawani has returned from
fighting. So they celebrate." Pagbokásan sat up. After that he went
down out of the _balaua_ and the told people to wash their hair and
clothes and to bathe so as to attend the _balaua_ of Pagatipánan of
Kadalayapan. So the people who lived with them all went to the river
and washed their clothes and hair, and took a bath. As soon as they
finished they went home, and they started to go to Kadalayapan. Old
man Pagbokásan took Aponibolinayen from the jar, and put her inside
of his belt, so they went.

As soon as they arrived there the families who made the _balaua_
went to meet them at the gate of the town and made _alawig_ [171]
for them. After that they stopped dancing, and they talked to each
other, and the two young men who met Aponibolinayen and Aponigawani
were with them, because they arrived at the same time. So the old man
Pagatipánan said, "Ala, cousin Pagbokásan now we are going to chew
betel-nut to see if those two young men who took home Aponigawani
are our relatives," and old man Pagbokásan agreed. So they cut the