Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles

CHAPTER X

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BURIAL RITES

Life beyond the grave—Wailings—Rice strewn on the dead man’s chest—The professional wailer—Feeding the dead—Carrying the dead—The grave—Articles buried with the dead—_Baiya_—Fire lit at sunset—The _ulit_, or mourning—_Pana_, or offering to the dead—The wailer’s song—_Sumping_—Periodical _Sabak_—Feast in honour of the dead—_Gawai Antu_—The dead not forgotten—Other methods of disposing of the dead besides burial—Dyak ideas of a future life 133-144