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As far as these categories are concemed, the search for protection entails providing one's protector with a share in the inheritance. He, too, is obliged to slaughter buffaloes and pigs at the death ritual. Similar responsibility devolves upon the shoulders of the 40 The Sa'dan-Toraja nobleman who is accorded ba'gi. The entire procedure of inheriting thus acquires something of the nature of a transaction. Legates are not obliged to provide animals for slaughter should later a close relative of the legator die, although they may continue to give support to the family of their benefactor.
A. van de Loosdrecht Onder de Toradja's van Rante Pao [Among the Toraja of Rante Pao] (1921), H. Pol Geschiedenis van Loewoe' [History of Luwu'] (1947) and H. van der Veen Voorheen en thans [Then and now] (1938). Van Lijf dwells at length on the Toraja church and also reports on the condition at the time of the economy of Tana Toraja. He gives extensive material about adoption. Caution becomes necessary as soon as Van Lijf indulges in theoretical speculation. His remark about puangramages (or the puang-family) is a case in point: there is no evidence to support his contention that these puang are ·the most recent immigrants to arrive in Tana Toraja.
Ne' or nene', indo' and ambe' are also terms of address. Members of descending generations are addressed by their own personal name. These names are also employed when discussing a person. 2 Affines For details conceming affinal terminology a reader should consult Annex Ila. Ego's parents, and the parents of his wife refer ·to each other as baisen. 5 Marriage Marriage (dapo', rampanan kapa') 8 as a rite of passage will be discussed in a chapter of that title in Vol. II. Indeed, it is an indication of the significance of marriage that it is considered a ritual (aluk) in its own right.