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plain east of the village. These men were all naked except for a loin 

 cloth, and practically all of them had a small bell fastened around one 

 of the legs at the knee, and all were barefooted. 



In the meantime the singing of the eight traditional songs, with 

 accompanying ceremonies, was being performed as on the two previ- 

 ous mornings in the Antelope kiva. As the Kalehtakas entered, 

 Namurztiwa had just fastened around his waist a katcina sash and 

 now left the kiva with a young Antelope priest who had been stand- 

 ing on the west side of the kiva and who had been decorated by 

 Namurztiwa as follows: The chin was painted black with a white 

 line over the lower tip of the upper lip extending from the base of 

 one ear to the other. Over the breast, from shoulder to shoulder, 

 was a straight black line from which depended two zigzag lines pass- 

 ing down in front of the breast to the waist; on each arm and on each 

 leg was a zigzag black line; while around the waist the boy wore the 

 blue ceremonial kilt {sakwavitkund)\ in his hair was a nakwakwosi. 

 Namurztiwa had gone to dress the youth during the singing of the 

 second song. On entering the Antelope kiva the Kalehtakas took a 

 position at once on the north side of the altar, one at the northeast, 

 the other at the northwest, where they first twirled their bull roarers 

 and then shot the lightning frames, the ceremony being repeated on 

 the west and on the south and on the east sides (see Pis. CI and CIl). 

 They then sat down on the edge of the platform just west of tl^e lad- 

 der and smoked, a pipe being handed them by Sikangpu. Shok- 

 hungwa now left the kiva and went to the top of Polihungwa's house, 

 where he gave the first public announcement of the Antelope dance 

 to be performed that afternoon, 



A moment later Polihunga handed Namurztiwa four naalongba- 

 hos (red and green bahos) and three black chocJiopkis, which he 

 wrapped up in a cloth. Polihungwa and Naphoiniwa now addressed 

 Namurztiwa, who answered, "All right. May we be strong." The 

 Antelope youth now went to the northwest corner of the mosaic, 

 where he took up one of the black rings already described, and a 

 mongwikuru. 



The singing of the eight traditional songs being concluded, 

 Namurztiwa now left the kiva, followed by the youth and the two 

 Kalehtakas, who took with them their bull roarers and lightning 

 frames. Taking the eastern trail, they soon disappeared down the 

 side of the mesa. Many small boys and girls put in an appearance 

 now and descended to the first terrace of the mesa, the boys bearing 

 corn stalks and having fantastic costumes. By half-past five o'clock 

 they had reached the lower trail at the northeast of Mishongnovi and 



