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June. Early in this month the War chief orders a communal rabbit hunt to 
provide meat for Kacaipime. 
June-July. Approximately between June 10 and the last of July the ceremony 
of Kacaipime is held. 
June 24, San Juan’s day. Rooster pull (gallo). 
June 29, San Pedro’s day. Gallo. 
July 25, Santiago’s day. They may have the equestrian impersonation of 
Santiago and Bocaiyanyi; also, gallo. 
August 15, Feast for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. 
August-September. Communal rabbit hunts under the direction of the War 
chief’s helpers (gowatcanyi). 
August-September. Late in August or early in September, Tiamunyi directs the 
people to harvest melons and chili so that it will be done before a killing frost. 
September. Early in the month, soon after early frosts, Tiamunyi calls for a 
corn harvest ceremony called O-wamo-ts, after which the corn will be harvested. 
Sometime after the harvest another ceremony, called Ayayutsicyits, is held; this 
is for the corn that has remained on the ground after the harvest. 
November 1, All Souls’ Day. The Feast for the Dead who return to Sia at this 
time. 
November 2, All Saints’ Day. The Catholic priest comes and celebrates Mass. 
November 10 to 20, Hanyiko. 
December 24-25. Church service conducted by the sacristan (the Catholic 
priest does not come), at midnight, ‘when Christ was born,”’ followed by a dance 
in the church. This is followed by 4 days of dancing. 
December 26-28. The cacique and tcraikatsi meet each evening in the hot- 
canitsa to select pueblo officers for the coming year; final decision is made on the 
28th, and the new officers receive their staffs of office on the following day. 
CEREMONIES FOR THE SUN: H‘A-NYIKO AND H‘ANYIKIKYA 
These ceremonies have frequently been called solstice ceremonies, 
hanyiko being the winter, hanyikikya the summer, solstice (Parsons, 
1918, pp. 183-184; Goldfrank, 1927, p. 59; White, 1932 a, pp. 84-85; 
1932 b, pp. 52-53; 1935, pp. 132, 139; 1942 a, p. 205). Although I 
have done this myself, I am inclined to believe that this is an error. 
It now seems to me that both ceremonies are concerned with the 
turning point of the sun in wintertime: as autumn progresses and 
winter approaches, the sun rises farther and farther to the south on 
the eastern horizon until it reaches its limit on December 21 after 
which it returns toward the north. The actual dates for hanyiko and 
hanyikikya given by informants do not correspond at all with the 
times of the solstices. At Cochiti, Dumarest (1919, p. 204) noted 
that the Indians sing and dance for the sun in November; Lange 
(1959, pp. 262, 321), also, places hanyiko in November at Cochiti. 
At San Felipe, hanyiko is held in November or December (White, 
1932 b, pp. 52-53). Hanyiko is celebrated at Santa Ana about 
November 12 or 13, “shortly after the Jemez fiesta [November 12]”’ 
(White, 1942 a, p.205). And at Sia, our informants placed it about 
the middle of November. 
