taxes, a place for hold<strong>in</strong>g funerals or wedd<strong>in</strong>gs. Or, <strong>in</strong> an hour ofemergency, the chieftian can easily gather his people here. Thelonghouse is <strong>in</strong> fact built primarily for the purpose of suchassemblage.The Dyak earns a liv<strong>in</strong>g practically from the soil. Althoughplant<strong>in</strong>g is a busy life, they do not rush about, and although theyspend not a little time plant<strong>in</strong>g once a year, they go about to theirown sweet time, like a lazy caterpillar. This is due, perhaps, to thefact that much time is at their disposal. Secondly, it is due to thewarm climate of the South Seas. This breeds a lethargic gait <strong>in</strong>their stride. Apart from agriculture, their other chief occupationsconsist of fish<strong>in</strong>g and hunt<strong>in</strong>g. There they come, leisurely, eitherfloat<strong>in</strong>g on the leaf of a sampan, or squatt<strong>in</strong>g on the river bank,hook and l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> hand.Apart from aquatic tribes their menu consists of wild pigs anddeer. But their ma<strong>in</strong> dishes display mostly the coarsest ofvegetables. Except for several great festivals dur<strong>in</strong>g the year whenoxen and pigs are slaughtered alongside venision to be devouredwith gusto, their daily viands comprise only rice, chilli-salt, andall k<strong>in</strong>ds of fruits from their own cultivation or plucked from thewilds. When fruits are <strong>in</strong> full season they <strong>in</strong>variably eat of them <strong>in</strong>lieu of rice. A cornucopia, as far as food is concerned, is thistropical South Seas which be<strong>in</strong>g favoured with balmy w<strong>in</strong>ds andgentle ra<strong>in</strong>s becomes their storehouse. Here they may eat carefreerice.Thus, they have a rule among themselves: At harvest timeoutsiders could also jo<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> the reap<strong>in</strong>g. But you must first speakto the owner who would gladly permit you to gather your fill.In this Southland of perpetual summer, cloth<strong>in</strong>g is not a chiefarticle of use. Whether men or women, old or young, they goabout naked except for a rough lo<strong>in</strong> cloth cover<strong>in</strong>g. Dur<strong>in</strong>g theJapanese southern <strong>in</strong>vasion they had no more cloth. So theyplucked some fibres from the bark of trees and without a weave orsp<strong>in</strong> made them <strong>in</strong>to natural lo<strong>in</strong> cloths. Ah! These well-favoured94
The first Dyak village we visitedsons of nature, how they spend their days <strong>in</strong> unend<strong>in</strong>g leisure. Youcould never f<strong>in</strong>d a busy man with<strong>in</strong> their midst. If you come toDyakland you could immediately spot out under the sun a manly<strong>in</strong>g on the ground pillowed on a girl’s thigh while she rivets hertwo eyes on his shaggy long hair – search<strong>in</strong>g lice. This <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>gpicture tells you a story: They are <strong>in</strong> the process of spend<strong>in</strong>g apeaceful, leisurely day. Yes, such is the complacent Dyak lifestyleof whil<strong>in</strong>g away the time. We know that contentment is themother of simple liv<strong>in</strong>g. So, when they have caught a wild pig thewhole family could eat it all up <strong>in</strong> one night. When meat is scarcethey are well satisfied with two meals of chilli-salt. In general,they are more than contented with what meets their daily needs. Itnever occurs to them what gloom their even<strong>in</strong>g years might br<strong>in</strong>gnor do they worry about the possibility of a fam<strong>in</strong>e year. Theynever practise sav<strong>in</strong>g, nor do they know the mean<strong>in</strong>g of “rear<strong>in</strong>gsons for old age” and “stor<strong>in</strong>g gra<strong>in</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st hunger”. To them95
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