38 THE HAKO, A I'AWNKE CEREMONY [eth. ann. 2a 



66 Ho-o-o-o! 



67 H'areri, h"areri. Hel 



68 H'areri. h'areri. h'areri. 'reri. h'areri. He! 



69 H'areri. h'areri. Hel 



70 'Reri. li'areri. h'areri. 'reri. h'areri. Hel 



71 H'areri. h'areri. Hel 



Trdiishilioii 



66 Ho-o-d-o! An iuti-odiirtury cxclaiiiat ion. 

 07 H'areri, h'areri. Tie I 



h', an aspiration, synibolic ol' a bi'cathin.ii' fortli, a,s the siiving 



of breath so that a thing may live, 

 areri, a part of tlie word irarilii, a particular ]3lace. The 

 change of the h in Ihe final syllable of the word to r wlieu 

 the abbreviation arci'i is sung is foi' ease of utterance and 

 euphony, 

 h'areri. Translated above. 



hel a part of the exclamation i'hare! meaning I thinlc upon, I 

 give heed to the significance of the act wliicli accompanies 

 this song. Tlie change of tlie initial r in the last syllable 

 of the word to an li, making it he, is for eui^liony. 

 (kS IFarcii, h'areri, h'areri, "i-eri, h'areri. lie! 

 H'areri, h'areri, h'areri. See line 07. 

 'reri, a part of the abbreviation areri, translated above, 

 h'areri. He! See line 07. 

 61) See line 07. 



70 'Reri, h'areri, h'areri, 'rei'i, h'arei'i. He! See lines 07 and 08. 



71 See line 67. 



Explanafioii hi/ flu Kii'niJiiis 



Blue is tlie color of the skj', the dwelling jjlace of Tira'wahut, that 

 great circle of the jiowers which watch over man. As the man paints 

 the stick Ijlue we sing. IVe ask as we sing that life be given to this 

 syml)ol of the dwelling place of Tira'wa. 



When the num has completed the painting of tlie sficlv lie hands it 

 to the Ku'rahus, who has already mixed red clay with water from a 

 running stream in a shell, an<l he paints tlie straight groove red. 

 Tills groove is the path along whicli the spirits of all the things that 

 are to be put upon this stick of ash may travel as they go forth to 

 give their help during this ceremony. " H'ai-eri " is a prayer that the 

 symbol may have life. 



We paint the groove red l)ecause the passageway is red througli 

 wliich man's breath comes and goes to give him life. The sun, too, is 

 red, and the groove represents the straight path whereon the sun 

 shines, the path wliicli man must ti-avel if he would live in peace and 

 ])i-osper. The teachings of this ceremony make a straight path, along 

 which if a man walks he will receive help from the powers. 



