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Figure 5. — Social dancing. 



may be as many as 10 or 12 long lines of dancers. Not infrequently, 

 one line, moving backward, collides with another line going forward. 

 This is expected. It is not harshly criticized and usually causes much 

 laughter. 



For unmarried persons, bi goh ji tal is a time for courting. Boys 

 and girls arrive at the dance with several members of their own sex, 

 but very little time lapses before they have either paired off or formed 

 dance lines. Older Apaches say that much lovemaking goes on at 

 hi goh ji tal. It is easy for the younger people to get liquor, they say, 

 and when slightly drunk, their inhibitions dissolve. I have no way 

 of knowing whether or not this is true, but several things suggest its 

 possibility, if First, young people, particularly girls, find it easy to 



