FLETCHEHl 



FIRST RITUAL, PART II 



37 



Exj)}(ni(tlioii III/ thr Kii'nilms 



We slug of the eutraiiceway of the lodge ])ecause it is tlaough this 

 way tliat man goes to and fro. It is tlie place made for all to enter 

 into the lodge; througli it come those powers which are reiiresented 

 on the sacred articles a])oiit to be prepared for the ceremony of the 

 Hako. Through it come the promises of the Hako, and through it 

 the visions come. 



The long passageway represents the days of man's life. 



Part II. Preparixi} thf. Feathered Stems 

 Explanation hy ihe Kii'rahus 



Before the next song is sung the Kn'rahus i)repares the l)lue paint 

 which is to be put on one of the sticks of ash. The water with which 

 the blue clay is mixed must be taken from a running stream. Water 

 from a spring or well can not be vised. Running water represents 

 the continuity of life from one generation tt> another. 



The paint is mixed in a white shell. The shell must be white; it 

 is used because it was once a living thing. It lived in the water; it 

 had no di.sease or sickness. As we use the shell we ask that disease 

 and sickness maj' be kept from us and that our life may be long. 



Before the jaeople knew anything about vessels they used shells as 

 spoons and to i^ut their food in. Tira'wa gave tis the shells and gave 

 them long life and the jiower to keep away disease and sickness. 



When the Ku'rahus has mixed the blue paint in the shell, he hands 

 it to the man at his left, who is sitting toward the north. This man 

 applies the mixture with his finger to the stick of ash, sijreading the 

 paint over its entire length, l)ut being verj- particular not to let any 

 of it get into the straight groove that runs from one end of the .stick 

 to the other, while the following song is sung. 



FIRST SONG 



TT'o/v/.s mid ^fiisir 



M. M. *\ = 126. 



— Pulsation of the voice. 



Transcribed bv Edwin S. Tracr. 



Ho-o-o-o! Ha - 1 

 Drum, rr r,' * * 



li'a-re-ri. Hel 



f r r • 



H' a -re 



h'a-re-ri, Ira-re- 



re-ri, h'a - re - ri, 're-ri, h'a-re-ri. 



He! 



H' a -re - ri, li'a-re-ri. He! 



t r :^ P ■> 1 



