10 Foniaiidcr Collection of Hazvaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



Then the alaca god went forth with four flags precechng and four flags following 

 him. A man reverently preceded the alaca god. No person, pig, nor dog should come 

 in the front; no fires should be lighted, these things being strictly prohibited. When the 

 alaca image arrived at the place for the pig services, the piiaa-kiikiii,"' (blocks of kiilciii 

 wood with markings to resemble swine features for sacrifice), were prepared, and 

 marked with the red earth by the priest, who ofl^ered a prayer, after which the people 

 came bringing their tributes of pigs, foodstuff's, feathers and cloths, each land in succes- 

 sive order. 



And in the evening of the jgth, the king and the priest secretly buried'' the re- 

 mains of certain things used in the service, a minor duty performed by the priest in the 

 temple. On the 30th, the priest sprinkled the sacred water, for the sanctification of the 

 temple which was such that the king was restricted from eating the pig; he extended the 

 restriction to the night of the 30th, and to all the chiefs and many people. The priests 

 and chiefs in great numbers offered prayers and praises before the wooden idols and the 

 feather-gods. After the prayers the king offered pig sacrifice, calling upon the deities 

 thus : "O Kunuiakea,"* O Lononuiakea, O Kanenuiakea, O Kanaloanuiakea, my gods, 

 come ye all; here is the pig", a live pig; let me be saved by you, my gods. Here is your 

 pig, your banana and your coconut ; save all the chiefs and all the people. Listen to my 

 beseeching unto you all, my gods. Seek out a sinful man and sacrifice him. Keep a 

 righteous man and use him w^ll. Bless my land and preserve the people." 



Thus the king worshiped the gods, and when it was night all the chiefs and the 

 priests of the feather-gods gathered themselves together and laid down to sleep. In 

 the morning all the chiefs and the multitude came forth, the priests setting the people in 

 order in eight rows; then the idols were placed in a row. There were many of them, 

 about forty or twice forty, of feather idols, and one human god, Kahoalii by name. He 

 went at the head of the feather-gods, and had no loin-cloth, going stark naked before the 

 eyes of the people. He was not ashamed before the multitude. 



A ])riest then picked up the icic fern and a white girdle. Standing up he ad- 

 dressed'" some words to the icic fern, supplicating the gods thus: "The inalo. mala: the 

 ieie, ieic; the lightning, this is the icic. O Ku, O Lono, O Kane, O Kanaloa, give safety 

 to your attendant, and to all the chiefs, and to all the people and all the priests." The priest 

 then discontinued his su])plicating the icic. The rest of the priests then arose, about forty 

 or more of them, praying to and praising the god, the noise of their ])raises ringing 

 through the day. The people then raised the feather-gods aloft, the attendants march- 

 ing in a circle before the eyes of the people, with the idols in their hands. This was a 

 form of praise by all the people. 



After that the priest who had the alaca image came forward and spoke to the peo- 

 ple, saying: "Keep quiet and listen to the prayer. Eight times shall you stand up, ruid 

 eight times shall yovi sit down. Listen to my voice, and when I say 'Stand up," all of you 

 stand up; but when I say 'Sit down,' all of you sit down." That was essential to his 



'°.'\nytliing of pig name at times was apparently sub- "Lupa lumlclc, secret burial or disposal. 



slituteil for swine offerings— in this case blocks of wood "Nui-akra. appended to the names of each of the four 



marked to resemble swme features. Leaves of the grass major gods, implies universal greatness; supremacy. 



kill; Itch mm, or the small nmllet termed hiiiiii iiiiiiiiniiii ,,,■ i i c , i i i r ,• . ii i 



■ , I ,- ,, 1 • 1 kiikiiU) for kiilohiilo, a supplication lo the gods, 



wen- aic s o( K.imapiiaa, the i emigod. 



