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under way in February in Malleo, Aukapun, and Collon Cura. "When 

 harvesting and sheep shearing on the estancias terminate, our people 

 return home ; it is then that we shall celebrate the qillatun." 



The rjillatun is always conducted on a plot of land reserved for 



Cociqu&'s Koose. 



Lances (coll Kile. iioJKi) 



(ctruilJOxtOfeEt) 



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Fig. 9. — The r)illatun in Quilaquina. (Diagram drawn by a non-Araucanian 

 who had attended 28 performances of the qillatun.) 



that purpose and considered sacred, one sheltered from winds, (Cf. 

 fig. 9 for diagram of ijillatun.) No domestic use is supposed to be 

 made of it, but this restriction is being ignored today. Old persons 

 expressed regret and grief at seeing cattle and sheep grazing on it, or 

 grain growing there. "The cacique has a difficult time keeping people 

 from plowing and seeding the plot ; land is so scarce now. And then, 



