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INITIAL RITES 



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Second Ritual. Prefiguring the Journey to the Son 



Explanation hi/ fhe Ku'rahus 



Ilouor is confei-red upon a man who leads a Hako party to a dis- 

 tant tribe and there makes a Son, while to the Son help is given from 

 all the powers represented bj' the sacred objects. Between the Father 



EAST 

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Fig. 1T2. Diagram of the Father's lodge duriug the second ritual. 



i. the entrance to the lodge; 2, the fireplace; .3, inner posts supporting the dome-shaped roof; 

 4, the Ku'i-ahus; 5, his assistant; 6, the Father (a chief >; T. the server; ?>, the wildcat skin, on 

 which are the feathered stems and rattles; Vt, the eagle wings; 10. the ear of corn; 11. members 

 ot the Hako party. 



and the Son and their immediate families a relationship similar to 

 that which exists between kindred is established through this cere- 

 mony. It is a sacred relationship, for it is made by the .supernatural 

 powers that are witli the Hako. 

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