Before the sowing, a hunting takes place several days, in which the men usually take wild pigs. In the remaining time of the year, they will no longer hunt like they did. Wild game has become rare with the increase of population growth, so they beat around the countryside to prevent possible damage of their fields by wild animals. The prey is associated with the "kukun", "the obscure ones". This refers to the local spirits of the deceased Melus who were once expelled by the Bunak people from the region. The "kukun" are the masters of heaven and earth ("pan o muk gomo") and the masters of the prey. On the contrary, the living are the "roman", the "clear ones". For the "kukun" there are small, inconspicuous altars from only a few stones in the surroundings that are scattered. About these "muk kukun" ("earth obscure") are the sites where the Bunak people make contact with the "kukun" spirits. The main altar stands near the village. In the evening of the first day of the hunt, the 'Lord of the Seeds' puts a liana around the wide cairn and binds its ends to two wooden stakes standing a few centimeters apart. The liana symbolizes the circling of the pigs, which can only flee through a narrow gate where the hunters are waiting for them.