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  Fi.EsrHE] 
  THE 
  SACRED 
  POLE 
  237 
  

  

  rows 
  of 
  this 
  meat. 
  From 
  these 
  offerings 
  the 
  officiating 
  priest 
  was 
  

   later 
  to 
  cut 
  ceremonially 
  the 
  fat 
  that 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  paint 
  

   and 
  used 
  to 
  anoint 
  the 
  Pole. 
  As 
  this 
  action 
  was 
  a 
  preparatory 
  one, 
  

   it 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  song 
  as 
  when 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pole 
  was 
  

   put 
  in 
  place 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  song 
  was 
  repeated 
  

   eight 
  times. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Song 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  First 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  finally 
  arranged, 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  task 
  

   was 
  announced 
  by 
  again 
  singing 
  the 
  second 
  ritual 
  song. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  Song 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  Second 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  song 
  embodied 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   these 
  ceremonies 
  to 
  the 
  officiating 
  priest, 
  bidding 
  him 
  to 
  advance 
  

   toward 
  the 
  meat 
  with 
  his 
  knife 
  and 
  hold 
  the 
  latter 
  aloft 
  preparatory 
  

   to 
  the 
  movements 
  which 
  accompanied 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  cutting 
  of 
  the 
  

   meat. 
  

  

  SrxTH 
  Song 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves 
  

  

  Thi-shti 
  ba- 
  ha- 
  ha 
  no" 
  zhi" 
  - 
  ga 
  Thi-shti 
  ba- 
  ha- 
  ha 
  no'-zlii" 
  ga-ha 
  

   3 
  

  

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  7 
  — 
  

  

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  Thi-shti 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  - 
  ha 
  no" 
  zhi" 
  - 
  ga 
  Thi- 
  shti 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  - 
  ha 
  

  

  3 
  

  

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  5 
  ?- 
  

  

  

  no"-zhi° 
  ga-ha 
  a- 
  ha 
  Thi-shti 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  - 
  ha 
  no"- 
  zhi" 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

  3 
  3 
  

  

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  — 
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  — 
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  #— 
  #-i— 
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  m 
  — 
  — 
  — 
  0-± 
  — 
  0- 
  

  

  1 
  — 
  •- 
  

  

  -t- 
  

  

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  Thi-shti 
  ba 
  -ha 
  - 
  ha 
  no^hi"- 
  ga- 
  ha 
  Thi-shti 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  - 
  ha 
  no 
  n 
  -zhi 
  n 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

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  0—0-1-0— 
  g 
  0— 
  0-' 
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  0-' 
  , 
  

  

  

  Thi-shti 
  ba-ha-ha 
  no 
  n 
  -zhi" 
  ga-ha 
  a- 
  ha 
  Thi-shti 
  ba-ha-ha 
  no 
  n 
  -zhi 
  n 
  -ga 
  

   Thishti 
  bahaha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  These 
  words 
  were 
  repeated 
  nine 
  times. 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Thishti, 
  thou, 
  too 
  — 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  officiating 
  

   priest 
  ; 
  bahaha, 
  to 
  show, 
  meaning 
  that 
  the 
  priest 
  shall 
  grasp 
  the 
  knife 
  

   with 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  fat 
  and 
  hold 
  it 
  up 
  to 
  view; 
  rw 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  

   stand; 
  ga, 
  word 
  of 
  command. 
  "Do 
  thou 
  show 
  thy 
  knife, 
  standing 
  

   there!"' 
  

  

  