lephak1stathe first day and night of an adult death vigilOnly an adult's corpse is placed under the house for the death vigil. Also, a different type of death ritual is performed by shamans for a person who is murdered.Yan nunya hu keillephakan etan ni netey.Today will be the first day that dead person is being placed under his house..2.6.6.3Funeral2.6.6.2Corpse4.9.5Practice religion2vto join in the death ritual in which an adult person's corpse is placed under his or her house for a vigil lasting a number of days and nights depending on the cultural status of the dead personA shaman is present all the time to perform the death rituals and maintain the ritual proceedings and protocols involved. In and around the house there are people on vigil sitting around and sleeping at night inside and under the house while accompanying the death rituals being performed by the shamans. By tradition, a little fire is maintained under or beside the framed chair where the dead person is seated; the fire produces smoke to keep the corpse dry and to keep the insect away. Nowadays, the dead person is enclosed in a coffin because of governmental health regulations.Kami nekilephak ni nahdem ey nemahig hamuy ni netey tep nabwel.We went to join in the death ritual last night and the corpse was very smelly because it is rotten.Piga labbin nekilephakan yu?How many nights did you join in the vigil?Endi ngu nakka pekillephaki tep nakka mektel ni meki-uggip di daulen.As for me I don't join in a vigil because I get cold when I join in sleeping under a house.3sta
