Gaysing
The larger number of the Benguet Kankanay are betrothed while children by their parents. The betrothal ceremony is called gaysing. As a rule this cañao is celebrated when the children are very young; frequently while they are infants; and occasionally before one of them is born.
One of the primary objects of the gaysing is to cement friendship between the parents, and it is frequently held after they have quarreled and pressure has been brought to bear to cause them to become friendly again.
An animal, generally a cow, is killed and tapuy is furnished, but there is no spoken ritual.
The Nabaloi custom of betrothal is the same, and the same ceremony is celebrated.