Indohdohan

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Indohdohan celebrates the babies born to the tribe and is one of the traditional rites of passage in the Bunun culture. It takes place at full moon between the harvest festival (known as Cin-san) and the storage festival (known as An-daza). New born babies are introduced to the members of the tribe and a blessing necklace will be put on to their necks.The necklace is called matalunas and it is made of glass beads. It is among the inventory of things that the baby’s parents should prepare before Indohdohan; other objects include home-made millet wine and puh-da (“millet cake”). The mother will kill a rooster and put the necklace on babies according to the order of their birth time. The father will invite tauta-tagus to give blessing to the babies, and invited guests are to give a round of gallantry report known as mapulau. Finally there will be a party in which people share millet cakes. The necklace will be removed and carefully preserved by nightfall.
Indohdohan
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024