The Name Changing Ceremony

00:00:01uih la' cerita pasal kapeh kamih naru' irau malem
I'd like to talk about how we had feasts in the past

00:00:07pu'un-pu'un
firstly

00:00:09irau nuk pelaba rayeh ngen kamih lun Kelabit
the biggest feast for the Kelabit

00:00:12ieh neh irau mekaa' ngadan kamih
is the name changing ceremony

00:00:15irau mekaa' ngadan inih na'ah ih ieh neh
the name changing ceremony is

00:00:20kayu' kamih pengeh inan anak
for example when we have children

00:00:23ngaweh narih keyh
we get married

00:00:25pengeh narih inan anak
and when we have children

00:00:27neh neh kamih ngalap, pekaa' ngadan kamih
then we change our names

00:00:30pengitap neh burur uih sebuleng
take me for example

00:00:33ngadan uih nga' uih edtur beruh malem neh, Lallang
when I was born my name was Lallang

00:00:37birey Sina' ko' Lallang Sakai, kineh
my mother named me Lallang Sakai

00:00:40pengeh neh nengaweh nuih
after that I got married

00:00:43inan anak kuh
and when I had a child

00:00:45naru' neh kamih irau, irau rayeh-rayeh
we had a feast, a big feast

00:00:48mekaa' ngadan
to change our names

00:00:50adi' nuih la' cerita kapeh kamih naru' irau sinih
so that's why I want to tell you how we prepared for this feast

00:00:53pu'un malem neh
back then

00:00:55kadi' bawang kamih mado let ngen bawang lun beken
because our village was very far from other villages

00:01:01deh la' mada' mula' lemulun marih lem irau sineh
they want to invite many people to come to the feast

00:01:05am dih ngen bawang kamih Long Lellang tupu
it wasn't just for our village in Long Lellang

00:01:09tapi ngen bawang ngapeh-ngapeh
but wherever there was a village

00:01:10en deh mada' tideh
they invited them

00:01:12am men kamih lun ngilad ih mileh naru' surat
back then we didn't know how to write letters

00:01:16pakai ena' ideh, wey keyh
they used rottan

00:01:20en deh nebukuh nideh
they tied them into knots

00:01:21en deh nebukuh wey dih
they tied the rottan into knots

00:01:24kayu' pengitap neh kamih la' nawar lemulun let ngi Bario nih
for example if we wanted to invite people from Bario

00:01:29atau pun let Pa Main
or from Pa Main

00:01:32mado kayu' inah
places that were far away like that

00:01:34let lem bawang kudih Long Lellang neh
from our village in Long Lellang

00:01:36nalan beto' narih let Long Lellang beto'
if we walked from Long Lellang

00:01:38tuda' edto dih kekuh?
how many days was it I wonder?

00:01:40let Long Lellang kamih mey Long Labid
from Long Lellang to Long Labid

00:01:42Long Labid kamih mey Long A'ar
from Long Labid to Long A'ar

00:01:44Long A'ar kamih mey Pa Tik
from Long A'ar to Pa Tik

00:01:46Pa Tik kamih, Kuba'an
from Pa Tik to Kuba'an

00:01:49let Kuba'an kamih Long Semirang
from Kuba'an to Long Semirang

00:01:51Long Semirang kamih Lem Baa'
from Long Semirang to Bario

00:01:53lem Baa' narih mey Pa Main
from Bario to Pa Main

00:01:55tudu' edto, edteh migu nalan
seven days or one week walking

00:01:58naru' neh narih tebukuh ngen wey neh
so we made knots in the rottan

00:02:00tudu' tebukuh
seven knots

00:02:01medting narih ngi bawang sineh
when we arrived at the village

00:02:03neh narih mala
then we say

00:02:04"nih edto nuk inan kamih la' naru' irau neh"
"this is the day that we want to do the feast"

00:02:08tak kamih nalan na'an neh
if we want to travel later on

00:02:14en narih neka neh edteh, edteh tebukuh, edteh tebukuh
we open a knot, one by one

00:02:18kadi' ideh mesti deh ngitung tuda' edto deh nalan
so they have to count how many days they need to walk

00:02:25tudu' edto deh nalan kan
so it was seven days right

00:02:27tetapi mungkin lem edteh bulan
but probably we give a month's notice

00:02:31ah
ah

00:02:34en narih naru' neh teluh ngepulu' tebukuh kayu' ineh
so we would make 30 knots

00:02:38kenep-kenep edto nideh neka-neka-neka ideh
so every day they open them

00:02:41medting edteh edto nuk inan deh la' nalan
until the day that they want to set off

00:02:44dih tideh lemulun nalan mey nangey
that's when the people set off on their way

00:02:47renga' deh nalan mey ngen irau
if they set off for a feast

00:02:50na'am deh marih kosong meto'
they don't come empty handed

00:02:53deh muit berek lah
they bring pigs

00:02:54muit keruba nideh
they bring buffalo

00:02:56ibal lemulun na'am inan aya' berey deh
some people who don't have any domesticated animals to give

00:02:58muit bera nideh
they bring rice

00:03:00en deh mabeh
which they have to carry

00:03:01nalan nideh
they set off

00:03:03tak ideh la' medting ngi ruma' nih
and if they are about to arrive at the longhouse

00:03:06sebelum tideh medting ngi ruma' keyh
before they get to the house

00:03:08sanuk ideh, dulun
people get dressed up

00:03:10sanuk ieh neh naru' sapa' doo'-doo' nideh
that means putting clean clothes on

00:03:14udtu' deh lem edteh ela
they stop at a resting point

00:03:16naru' sapa' dedih, naru' baney, naru' petaa dedih
and put on shirts, necklaces and bead caps

00:03:21dih tideh umak mey ruma'
then they enter the house

00:03:22dih beto' ideh la' umak mey ruma' neh
before they enter the house

00:03:25madil deh
they fire a shot

00:03:25madil mala, "nih neh kamih la' medting"
shoot to say, "we're about to arrive"

00:03:29sedia' neh lemulun nena'it deh meto'
people get ready to welcome them

00:03:32sedia' ngelaak nuba' na'it dulun
get ready, cook the rice and wait for people

00:03:36medting beto' ideh na'an neh
and when they arrive

00:03:38tudo nideh ngi tawa' neh lah
they will sit in the public area

00:03:40ngi tawa' dulun
people congregate in the public area

00:03:41ineh neh dulun....
then people...

00:03:43pebaya' men teh narih mey peburi' sakai
we all went together to greet the guests

00:03:48tak narih peburi' sakai
if we want to greet guests

00:03:50neh neh narih ngitun mala, "nemarih idan muyuh?"
then we say, "when did you come?"

00:03:52tu'uh pideh/iko keli' deh nemedting ineh
even if you know they have just arrived

00:03:54ngitun ayu' teh narih
you ask anyway

00:03:56"marih idan muyuh?" keneh
"when did you come?" they say

00:03:58"marih kinih na'ah"
"we just arrived"

00:04:00"iih ruyung muyuh?"
"who is with you?"

00:04:02"nih teh keteluh"
"it's just the three of us"

00:04:03mula' tu'uh peh
even if there are lots of people

00:04:05mala teh keteluh teh ken kamih nih, teh keteluh nih
we still just say it's us three, "keteluh"

00:04:08neh neh kamih ngitun beruhman
then we also ask

00:04:11"ken doo' teh rena'ey muyuh?"
"are you well?"

00:04:13"buro used"
"the cold has left us"

00:04:15beken lun Kelabit
the Kelabit are strange

00:04:16am deh, am narih kereb mala "doo' teh kamih", am
we can't say "we are well", no

00:04:19mala "ken buro used?"
they say "has the cold left?"

00:04:21ataupun ideh ngitun
or they ask

00:04:22"ken diu' teh anak-adi'?"
"are the children bathing?"

00:04:24"buro used," teh ken narih beruhman
then we say again, "the cold has left"

00:04:27mo, pengeh nineh neh
yes, so after that

00:04:29lem peh edto riak ih, periak edto medting ih
the next day, the day after they arrive

00:04:33sebelum tiko naru' irau
before you have the feast

00:04:35inan ena' kerja narih
there is work to do

00:04:37kerja sama deh lemulun, kerja peruyung
communal work, working together

00:04:41mey naru' lati' keh
like working on the farms

00:04:44mey naru' enun lah, ira, kayu' ineh
or doing whatever, working in the vegetable gardens etc.

00:04:46mey nideh
they go

00:04:47abi-abi lemulun lem bawang mey sakai nuk medting
all the people in the village and the guests that have come

00:04:51abi-abi deh mey
they all go

00:04:56mey ena' neh, mey peruyung deh naru' lati' neh
they go and work together in the farms

00:04:59kerja ngen la'ih suk nemada' muyuh miney lem irau neh
work for the host who invited you to come to the feast

00:05:03pengeh ineh na'an neh
after that

00:05:09periak ih, neh neh irau rayeh neh
the next day, that's the big feast

00:05:12ngatey berek, ngatey kerubau, ngatey aya' ideh
they slaughter pigs, slaughter buffalo, slaughter livestock

00:05:15dedtur kedideh ngelaak maya' lem ruma' ih lah
the women cook all the way down the longhouse

00:05:18naru' nuba'
making rice

00:05:19ken men to' ngilad
it was different in the past

00:05:20am dih nuba' tenga adi'-adi'
it wasn't a small pack of wrapped rice

00:05:22tenga rayeh, macam inih
it was a huge pack, like this

00:05:24edteh burur, edteh tenga
one pack for each person

00:05:26nuba' irau ken kamih ngidih
we called it feast rice

00:05:28epat da'un isip tu'en kamih metutul naru' nuba' irau
we put four isip leaves together to make feast rice

00:05:33terun limeh, limeh nuba' laya' idih lah
maybe it was five times the size of normal packed rice

00:05:39limeh tenga adi' nuba' laya' lem edteh neh
five small packs of packed rice in one of them

00:05:41edteh burur, edteh ineh
one for every person

00:05:43edteh ebpul labo maya' ih
and a meat skewer as well

00:05:46kineh irau kamih ngilad ih
that's how our feasts were in the past

00:05:48mula' men sakai nuk medting ih keyh
there were lots of guests that came

00:05:52am men tideh kereb edteh burur meman
one person couldn't feed all of them

00:05:55am teh la'ih suk uwan irau nememan dih sebuleng
the host couldn't feed them all himself

00:05:58doo' ngilad keyh
it was good in the past

00:06:00kamih mudeng lem ruma' kadang keyh
we lived in a longhouse

00:06:02tu'uh pideh tudo lem edteh lubang ruma'
even if they stayed with one family

00:06:08dih beto' masa deh kuman
when it was time to eat

00:06:11abi-abi lun beken, marih deh muit nuba' dedih
all the other people would bring their rice

00:06:16muit kerid dedih
and bring their vegetables

00:06:18mey mated ih
come and bring it

00:06:19peruyung nidih
and then everything was together

00:06:21kayu' tauh kinih terun lah
it's a bit like today

00:06:22muit perenggai' tauh kineh
when we do potluck dinners

00:06:25kineh lun ngilad
that's how people were in the past

00:06:27peruyung lah, doo' paad kerja
they did things together and worked well together

00:06:31mungkin kayu' neh kinih nih beken neto' ulun tauh
probably today our lives are different

00:06:34si'it nuk midih
if we have even a little

00:06:35la' masiu neh tauh
we want to sell it

00:06:36kadi' uih la' mala dih pedingeren anak-adi' nuk beruh nih
so I want to say this for the younger generations to hear

00:06:41kinayu' kekamih ngilad, iiih
this is what we were like in the past

00:06:44kayu' kiko muit-muit nuk midih
if you brought things

00:06:47mey mepaad deh lem irau ken kamih
to share the burden for the feast

00:06:50mey mepaad deh lem irau neh
to share the burden for the feast

00:06:52mesti ko sekenan
you have to remember

00:06:54"ooh, neh irau Sineh Balang Siwa dedih malem keyh"
"ooh, Sineh Balang Siwa had a feast"

00:07:00"edteh berek nuk kinih siped enem birey deh"
"there was a pig that was 6 measures wide that they gave"

00:07:04"mey neh kiko mated ih ngeneh"
"go and give one in exchange"

00:07:07kineh
it's like that

00:07:08ataupun ideh la' mala
or they might say

00:07:10"neh ena' Sineh Balang kedideh malem"
"Sineh Balang and family back then"

00:07:14"dueh gateng bera birey deh"
"they gave two gantangs of rice"

00:07:16"mey tiko mated ih kineh"
"go and replace it"

00:07:18kadi' neh narih doo'
so that's why it was good

00:07:20am kamih tuseh la' naru' irau
we didn't have to worry about hosting a feast

00:07:22walaupun irau rayeh-rayeh
even though it was a really big feast

00:07:26am teh narih tuseh
you didn't have to worry

00:07:28kadi' mula' lemulun mepaad ko lem irau mudih neh
because lots of people would help with your feast

00:07:32ngen burur uih sebuleng malem
as for me

00:07:34katu keduih ne'irau mekaa' duih ngadan
when I had my name changing ceremony

00:07:38dueh ngepulu' epat berek saru' kamih
we slaughtered 24 pigs

00:07:45edteh kerubau
and one buffalo

00:07:46neh senaru' kekamih lah
so that's we we did

00:07:48mekaa' duih ngadan ih
when I changed my name

00:07:50beken kamih lun Kelabit nih
we are different, us Kelabit

00:07:53pekaa' kamih ngadan kamih inan anak
we change our names when we have a child

00:07:56inan beto' mupun kamih beruhman
and then when we have our first grandchild

00:07:59pekaa' teh kamih beruh
we change our name again

00:08:00kineh atur,
that was the custom

00:08:02ngadan nuk tu'en deh merey ngen narih
the name that they give to you

00:08:04lemulun nuk medting lem irau neh teh ngelinuh
it's the people who come to the feast who consider

00:08:11enun nuk ngadan nuk kereb patut ngen kiko
which name will suit you

00:08:15pakai kiko
and can be used by you

00:08:16sebab ngadan ineh am mento' idih berey mo-mo,
because they dont just give you any name

00:08:19maya' kedudukan mudih lem bawang ih meto' idih
they choose one according to your standing in the community

00:08:23tak iko na'am kereb ngimet ngadan sineh
if you're not up to that name

00:08:26na'am idih tu'en kamih sebarang-sebarang meto'
then we don't just give you any name

00:08:29iiih, kapeh kayu' diko tudo lem bawang
depending on your standing in the village

00:08:35kapeh ayu'
your nature

00:08:36beken men kamih lun Kelabit nih
we Kelabit are a bit different

00:08:38pakai-pakai ena' meto'
we have a class system

00:08:39inan teh nuk dita' kedi'it
there are some who are upper class

00:08:41inan teh nuk beneh kineh
and some who are lower

00:08:42kadi' neh ngadan ih maya'-maya' lawey ulun kiko tiko
so the name has to follow your status

00:08:46kadi' neh lemulun beken mili' ngadan
so that's why other people choose your name

00:08:52enun suk kereb kenuwan kiko
what will fit you

00:08:54am kamih ngalap ngadan sebarang
we don't just take any old name

00:08:56kinih teh lemulun la' sebarang-sebarang
today people don't care so much

00:08:58ngilad na'am kereb
but in the past it wasn't possible

00:09:00kineh lawey kamih naru' irau
so that's how we had feasts

00:09:05kineh
so that's how we had feasts, that's it