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You are the village head.

If made into petitih
You are the hills of Samo Mandaki

You are the village head of Samo Manurun

By inserting the word "samo" it can be seen that natural
law is one with customary law.

K. Mamangan
Etymologically mamang or mamangan means grip, in

meaning it means grip on life. Navis stated that:
Mamangan is a collection of words or sentences

that contain meaning as a guide to human life in the form

of suggestions, orders or prohibitions. Of course it is a
thought. In terms of form, mamangan consists of two

sentences of two to four words each. It can stand alone or
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be part of a rhyme.
Example :
child on my lap,

how to be guided

child on my lap,

nephew guided

57 AA Navis, Alam Takambang Becomes a Teacher, p. 259