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almost until sunrise. People living around the north plaza go to 
Wren kiva; those who live near the south plaza go to Turquoise kiva. 
The male dancers dress in the costume worn by the singers in the 
feast for the Blessed Virgin on August 15; the women dress in the 
costume of August 15. The women daub white clay on their bangs 
and on the hair on the sides of their heads. The men paint their 
hands white and smear red ocher on their faces. 
Each group dances in the kiva of the other group. The Wren kiva 
group will go first to the Turquoise kiva where they will sing and 
dance two songs after which they return to Wren kiva. Then the 
Turquoise group goes to Wren kiva where they sing and dance two 
songs. Each group goes to the kiva of the other group four times. 
There is no chorus; the dancers do their own singing; each group has 
its own drummer. Each group has a male dance leader; he is the 
only one who carries arattle. My informant said that the men dance 
in a fixed order; that the women may dance wherever they please, 
but in a diagram of the dance (fig. 39) he shows men and women, 
alternating, in a line. No one may have sexual relations or engage 
in love making ‘‘or even talk about things like this’ during the night 
of the dance. During, or at the conclusion of, the dance, a supper 
is eaten in the kiva. 
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Ficure 39.—Owe dance in Wren kiva. 
