. 294, 299).
[240] These are: _alinau_ (_Grewia multiflora_ Juss.); _babaket_
(_Helicteres hirsuta_ Lour.); _laynai_--a large tree, unidentified;
_lapnek_ (_Abroma_ sp.) _ka'a-ka'ag_, an unidentified shrub; _losoban_
(_grewia_); _pakak_, unidentified; _anabo_ (_Hibiscus pungens_ Roxb.);
_bangal_ (_Sterculia foctida_ L.); _saloyot_ (_Corchoeus olitorius_
L.) _labtang_ (_Anamirta cocculus_); _atis_ (_Anona squamosa_ L.);
_alagak_ (_anona_); _maling-kapas_ (_Ceiba pentandra_ Gaertn.);
_betning_ and _daldalopang_, unidentified; _maguey_ (_Agave cantula_
Roxb.); _bayog_--a variety of bamboo.
[241] It is not essential that the oil be applied, and oftentimes
whole sections are colored before being split.
[242] From _kawat_, the twisting of vines about a tree.
[243] This is the Arnatto dye, an American plant. _Watt_, Dictionary,
Vol. I, p. 454.
[244] This tattooing is accomplished by mixing oil and the black
soot from the bottom of a cooking pot, or the pulverized ashes of
blue cloth. The paste is spread over the place to be treated, and
is driven in with an instrument consisting of three or four needles
set in a piece of bamboo. Sometimes the piercing of the skin is done
before the color is applied; the latter is then rubbed in.
[245] Blackening of the teeth was practised by the Zambal, also in
Sumatra and Japan. _Blair_ and _Robertson_, Vol. XVI, p. 78; _Marsden_,
History of Sumatra, P. 53.
[246] See pp. 445, 456 for words and music.
[247] Shallow copper gongs.
[248] Reyes says that this song, _daleng_, is similar to the _dallot_
of the Ilocano (Articulos varios, p. 32).
[249] Similar instruments are used by the Igorot who suspend them
free and beat them as they dance.
[250] The first line is sung by the girls, the second by the boys. For
the music see p. 445.
[251] The first line is sung by the girls, the second by the boys.
[252] I use the word "modern" in this connection, as it pertains to
the music of those peoples who have developed music as an art, and
among whom we find conformity to the same rules and system of notation.
[253] By reference to the analysis of Record I, _Da-eng_ (Boys and
girls alternating), it will be seen that the record seems to have
been made by one set of singers, apparently women and girls, who
sang together on both parts. The entire record has therefore been
tabulated with the women's songs.
[254] Record F, Song of a Spirit, shows both major and minor tonality
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