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During the kackina ceremonies divine honors are paid the dancers as if they were the supernatural 

 beings. Sacred cornmeal is thrown on them and they are addressed in prayer 



The departure of the gods. The dancers of the Niman kachina are shown leaving the Hopi 

 villages from which they are believed to be absent until the winter solstice 



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