Feb., 1912. The Oraibi Marau Ceremony — Voth. 15 



All now were silent for a few moments as if in silent prayer, where- 

 upon a song was chanted in a low voice, to which the time was beaten 

 with the mosilili and the gourd rattles. When the song was concluded 

 Wickwaya's old mother said, "askwali" (thanks). 



Two of the women next handed from a small tray a pinch of meal 

 to each woman, which they sprinkled from the six directions into the 

 baho tray, Wickwaya and his assistant doing the same. Wickwaya 

 also sprinkled a pinch of corn-pollen on his baho in the tray. Then 

 all women, except Wickwaya's mother and the woman next to her, 

 went to the fireplace while Wickwaya and his assistant were smoking, 

 blowing the smoke on the tray before them, first Wickwaya, then 

 Homihoiniwa, then Wickwaya again. Wickwaya then spurted a little 

 honey over the tray. 



Hereupon Wickwaya instructed six women to carry away the na- 

 k\\ akwosis. They arranged themselves in line before him. The first 

 received a little meal and the nakwakwosis from the north side in the 

 tray and was told to take them to a small shrine northward from the 

 village. She took a little honey into her mouth and took a position 

 near the ladder. Then the next woman went through the same per- 

 formance receiving the bahos from the west side of the tray, and was 

 directed to carry them somewhere to the west side down the mesa. 

 Then came south, then east, then north-east (above), then south-west 

 (below). When all had received their share they left. The nakwa- 

 kwosis were offered to the clouds with the prayer for rain. Wickwaya 

 took his sun baho to some sun shrine, I think south-east of the mesa. 



This concluded the ceremony in the kiva. In the evening, however, 

 a Katcina dance took place in the kivas. On this occasion the Anga- 

 Katcina appeared. On other Marau Baholawu days such Katcinas 

 as the Eagle, Koyemsi, Dog and other Katcinas, have been known 

 to perform dances. 



2. Baholawu, January 20, 1898. 



Besides the chief Marau priest Wickwaya, there were present his 

 mother, his sister (chief priestess of the order), and five other women, 

 all of whom took part later on in all the altar performances of the nine 

 day ceremony. 



Wickwaya first prepared some green, black and yellow paint; he 

 then made one double baho (prayerstick) to be offered to the sun and 

 one puhu (road) of an eagle feather, for the same purpose (see Plate 

 XXX, i and h). The baho he painted green, the tips black and the 

 facet in one of the sticks (the female) yellow. To it were fastened the 

 usual two herbs, kunya (Guetteriza Euthamiae) and maovi (Artemisia 



