I. Laments . Members of family gather where body lies in state. Procession and dance with the corpse . Instruments 3 large drums which are placed on raised ground near house of deceased give signal to carry away body. 3 large wooden flutes added.
Body is carried out of house and placed on bier, taken from house to house, then to cemetery.
3 young men appear, play small wooden flutes. Old man, striking anvil, joins group. Anvil Trumpet player joins ensemble and small flutes enter again, followed by larger ones. Dead man's heir strikes metal box containing coins as if it were a rattle. 2 hoe blades struck with thin metal rods remind people of dead man's occupation.