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Uma Lulik Loime: Istória bee-matan Wai Bui Lawa iha Wai Oli mak konta kona-ba maun-alin na'in-rua ne’ebé kasa (soro) niki iha fatuk kuak sira besik uma lulik/lisan naran Loime. Maun-alin mak ema, maibé sira nakfila ba laku hodi ba kasa. Alin, naran Bibi Leki, mai husi Uda Lolo. Maun, Loi Leki, mai husi Ossu. Bainhira sira kasa niki sira, Bibi Leki monu ba fatuk kuak. Liu tiha tinan ida nia tebe rai to’o nia halo kuak ida hodi halo bee sai. Fatin ne’e mosu naran Wai Bui Lawa. Bainhira oan-feto ida husi uma Loime hetan Bibi Leki, nia hanesan isin mate. Feto-oan falun nia isin molik ho tais ida no lori nia ba ahi-matan iha uma lulik Loime. Bainhira nia toba besik ahi-matan lulik nia moris fali no ikus mai nia kaben ho oan feto Uma Loime. Uma Loime koko atu hasoru malu ho Bibi Leki nia família maibé la bele, tan ne'e Bibi Leki kaben tama ba Uma Loime. Maski nune’e, Uma Loime fó liman-etun bua-malus ba ema Uda Lolo (Bibi Leki nian). Bainhira Bibi Leki mate sira hakoi nia besik hakoi fatin Loime nian. Oras ne’e bainhira sira silu batar no koa hare, lider Loime nian bolu bei'ala sira nian hotu (Loime no Uda Lolo nian). Iha tempu hanesan sira tenke lori liman-etun ‘mean’ no sira simu filafali matak malirin husi bee no bua malus. ____________________ Uma Lulik: Loime The story of the spring called Wai Bui Lawa at Wai Oli involves two brothers who were hunting bats in the caves above the sacred house of Loime. The brothers were people but had turned themselves into civet cats to go hunting. The younger brother, called Bibi Leki, was from Uda Lolo. The older brother, Loi Leki, was from Ossu. Whilst hunting the bats, Bibi Leki lost his balance and plunged into the cave. After a year or so, he emerged from the ground kicking out a hole for the water to emerge. This place came to be known as Wai Bui Lawa. Bibi Leki appeared to be dead when he was found by a daughter of the Loime house. The girl wrapped his naked body in a tais (woven cloth) and took him to the hearth of the Loime sacred house. Lying by the sacred hearth he was revived and eventually married the daughter of the house. The Loime house unsuccessfully tried to contact Bibi Leki's own family and in the end Bibi Leki married into (kaben tama) the house of Loime. Despite this, the house of Loime continues to give gifts of betel nut to the people of Uda Lolo (where Bibi Leki was from). When Bibi Leki died, he was buried next to the grave of Loime. Now when they harvest the first corn and rice, Loime ritual leaders call the names of both ancestors. At this time they must make 'red coloured' offerings and in return they receive the cooling blessings of the water and betel nut.