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meal in the eveniug. Again all natsis are put up on this day. One 

 of the first acts of Shokhunyoma is to carry the long, thin black bahos 

 that he has made during the previous days to the participating kivas. 

 Arriving at a kiva he takes a position on the east side and utters a 

 short "//<?z'."' Having been answered from the inside he says, "/ 

 hovam kwushuyaa " (come, get this), whereupon someone from the 

 kiva comes up the ladder and receives one of the bahos, which he 

 sticks into one of the side walls of the kiva, and upon which are hung 

 the hihikwispi as soon as they are all in, as will be described more 

 fully presently. Shokhunyoma tlien makes tlie round of all the partici- 

 pating kivas, leaving in each one of the haJios. 



At about this time, just when the sun is rising, the men who have 

 prepared the hihikwispi in the different kivas, take them and put some 

 cornmeal and corn pollen into the upper husk and then leave the 

 kiva. Outside the messenger first holds the hihiku>ispi\.o the rising sun 

 and says, "■! aohikvsuu"" (breathe on this). He then runs, if married, 

 first to his own house, stands outside and says, ^^hov;" his wife 

 comes out and he hands her the hihikwispi, saying, '■'I hovam aohikv- 

 soyaa''' (you breathe on this). She takes it into the house, all breathe 

 on it, whereupon she returns it to the messenger. He then goes to 

 his parents' house, where the same thing is repeated. If he be an 

 unmarried man, he goes there first. From here he runs to the house 

 of his "sponsor" or "godfather," i. e., the man who has initfated 

 him into one of the secret fraternities and whom he calls "father.'' 

 Here the same performance is gone through, but here he receives a 

 present consisting of some food, generally a roll of piki. From here 

 he proceeds to the different homes of the women who belong to the 

 same clan to which his godfather belongs, and who are his " kaamu " 

 (aunts). At each place he receives the same gift after the perform- 

 ance. Next in order are the houses of his clan relations, where, how- 

 ever, he does not receive any presents. He then returns to his kiva 

 and suspends the hihikwispi on the aforementioned baho in the wall, 

 letting the meal and corn pollen drop on the floor near the wall. 

 Sometimes, however, another man takes the same hihik7i>ispi, puts 

 fresh meal and pollen in and uses it in the same manner. When two 

 messengers pass each other on the street each one breathes on the 

 hihik7uispi of the other. When all are done, one of the men (any 

 one) takes all the hihikwispi, hangs them over his left shoulder and 

 takes them to the Ponovi kiva, takes a position east of the kiva and 

 says '^ hov." Being recognized from the kiva, he says, "/ hovam 

 kwushuyaa " (come get this), whereupon one of the inmates comes 

 and gets the bunch and fastens the baho on which it hangs in the kiva 



