26 Pomander Collection of Ilazvaiian Folk-lore. 



houses fof the people] prayino^ on the outside. This was deceitful praying. They told 

 the people who were inside of the houses to "come out here". Thus thev endeavored 

 to deceive the peo])le. The people knew what all their talk meant to them. They made 

 careful study this nit^iit — a niofit dedicated to kalioalii. This prayer was called lalakoa, 

 and no people dared pass on the outside lest they died. And after this thev [the 

 l)riests | went to their ])laces, leaving- one man in the tem])le as a soldier on watch. This 

 was a rule of the temple according to the |)riests. All these things were done in one 

 night. 



Early in the morning the king went to the House of Papa, to recite its prayer, to- 

 gether with the ])riest who understood the ordinance belonging to it. They both prayed, 

 after which the jiriest said, "Listen to my words." The king assented. "Vour prayer 

 was perfect, and your god has looked down favorably upon you." The king then went to 

 his place. Afterwards when it was daylight the king, together with the priests and the 

 idols, again went to the tem])le to offer a short prayer to the deity. After the prayer the 

 king offered as sacrifice to the deities, pigs, bananas, coconuts and a dead man. This 

 ]>rayer was called liolna. The king's feather god was then taken to the beach. It was a 

 most sacred idol, and wherever it went sacredness was observed and all men and all 

 chiefs prostrated before it. Then again the king entered the House of Papa to pray 

 therein. Then came all the people and all the chiefs to be blessed by the priest of Papa, 

 so that they might be released from any sea bathing restraint. This was the goddess 

 who released the temple tabu, by which the uncleanness of all the people and of all 

 the chiefs, and of all the priests was remedied. They had their bath this day, but they 

 were not entirely free. This was an ordinance of the liono priest."" 



After bathing they all went into the temple — the king and the priests and the 

 people. The Iwiio priest placed the people in eight rows before the altar, and in presence 

 of the images, the liono priest officiating, said: "Remain quiet, all of you. Do not 

 make a noise. I3o not move. Steady your posture, make the knees uniform, and keep 

 your seats down, so that the deity may be favorably impressed." They obeyed the 

 l)riest and behaved themselves, not moving in the slightest. The priest then arose, shook 

 the lama branch over the people, praying alone, and saying, "The palm of the hand, raise 

 it." All the people raised their hands without making any other movements, lest they 

 might be killed. This was a most sacred ceremony of the liouo priest, and an ordinance 

 of the temple, a charge also from his ancestor to him. The priest then gave the king his 

 decision, saying, "\'(iur ])rayer is excellent. This is the strength of unity by which you 

 will retain your land." The priest then released himself from the service, and they all 

 left the temple, going outside to i)arcel out the goods to the people and the liono priest, 

 [the goods being] pigs, bananas and coconuts. And when this was ended and it was 

 night the priest of Papa offered prayer in the House of Papa. Kuili was the name of 

 one of his ])rayers this night, and keliiinaoinao was the name of the other prayer. The 

 king did not accompany him this night. 



On the next day at early morning the king went to the priest to hear his words. 

 The priest then said to the king, "Listen: this has been a favorable night to your god- 



^The priest conducting the hono service ceremonies. 



