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JANUARY, 1894.]
THE DEVIL WORSHIP OF THE TULUVAS.
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Translation. Thirty days in honor of the Goddess Paramért of Purala! Seven days play with bulls ! Three days fighting with cocks !
Thirty days play with areca nuts, and gambling with cocoanate. 5 Thirty days festival! Thirty days illuminations of the audi!
The ceremony of raising Vishộu's flag and the figure of Garuda ! Adara Dore Baidye intended to go. With this intent he had four to eight cocks fed.
At an auspicious hour he sent for his young nephews. 10 Intending to fight the cocks, he had water and grain served to them.
He gave an early dinner to his little nephews, And after dinner dressed himself in his full dress. He tied a red turban on his head,
And put his best slippers on his feet. 15 He held a palm-leaf umbrella in his hand.
He put his best fighting-cocks into his nephews' bands. A number of spurs for the cocks he held in his own hands. In his honge at Adura (Jumadi's) stans he swore : "If I win the fight at Parala,
I will celebrate a feast with cock's flesh and baked meat." 20 Thus did he vow to Jumadi Bhata.
With the cocks in his hand, he left his honge and went to Addra (Jamadi's) stána, And reached the house of Sarakala Birmapa. Birmana Baidya was drawing toddy from the cocoanut trees in the garden.
“Thirty days feast in honor of the goddess of Parala. Let us go and see it!" 25 " I should indeed be glad to go : but I have no cocks for the fight.
I have only hens at Kapi" - replied the other. " Then we will go, you stay away," said the company and turned their backs on him. Just
then the hens at Kapi crowed! However, they walked on to Purâla.
They passed the asvatta tree, to which they tie elephants. 30 They passed the little banyan tree, to which they tie horses.
They passed the rock Meile, on which peacocks were dancing. They passed the bitter nux vomica tree, and the sweet mango tree. They passed the village of Kinni-mugor in Maralar.
They passed the sandalika avenue by the side of the paddy fields. 35 They passed the rock Madumala, where the people dress their heads with flowers.
They passed the Gurupura paddy fields and came to Manoli, They passed the paddy fields of Amunja, And drew nearer and nearer to Parála.
In the field Bakimara at Purals were five thousand men of Maneli, 40 And three thousand men of Purala.
At the gate of Parila, Pakkongollaya, Chikkaraya and others were assembled. Dare Baidya arrived with his little nephews and secured the cocks in a shady place, Laid down his umbrella and took the slippers from off his feet.
A little below Chikkaraya, Pakkongollâya stood on some low ground. 45 Said Solmapuda Padiya and others :-"O Dêre Baidya, hast thou come?
People of thy caste are assembled, go and sit in their company." He went and saluted them and said :- "Are my caste-fellows assembled ?" Then all the three thousand exclaimed :-"Come and sit among us!" and they made room
for him. .
