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from their house to the plaza where they are greeted by Tiamunyi. 
Fiscale and the sacristan tell Tiamunyi when to have an intermission 
for lunch and when to end the dance in the afternoon, about an hour 
before sunset. ‘“The dance is for the church.” 
The dance is repeated on Good Friday, at the conclusion of which 
the dancers are dimissed and allowed to return to their homes. 
After the church services on Saturday morning, the War chief 
announces that there will be 4 days of dancing beginning with Easter 
-Sunday. The women go home, but the men wait in front of the 
church until the War chief and the head of the Flint society excuse 
them. Then the men take their weapons and go home. 
After the service on Easter Sunday morning the War chief again 
announces that there will be 4 days of dancing; he and other officers 
have decided on the previous night what dance, or dances, they will 
have, and preparations are made accordingly. ‘They usually have a 
Comanche dance, Aiyataikoye (a round dance), or Hininiya (a round 
dance with men and women something like Owe).”” Sometimes young 
men and boys dance without women. But the 4 days of dancing al- 
ways conclude with the howina’ye (‘‘corn dance,” such as is performed 
at the feast for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin), but without the 
actitco’mi (the pole, or standard, carriedin the dance on August 15). 
I am not sure whether they have 4 days of dancing if a masked dance 
is given; I believe they may or may not as they wish. 
