FLETCHER] EIGHTH RITUAL 107 



FIRST SONG 



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 • = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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H'A-ars Ti-ra-wa La-ki; H'A-ars Ti-ra-wa ha -ki; H' A-ars Ti -ra-wa ha-ki. 



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437 Ha-a-a-al 



438 H'Aars Tira wa haki; 



439 H'Aars Tira wa haki; 



440 H'Aars Tira wa haki; 



441 H'Aars Tira wa haki; 



442 H'Aars Tira wa haki. 



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437 Ha-a-a-a! An iiitroductoiy exclamation. 



438 H'Aars Tira'wa liaki. 



h\ a part of the word ha, your. 



aars, a contraction of the word atius, father. 



Tira'wa, the designation of the great power Tira'wa atius, 



thouglit to 1)6 above all other powers, 

 haki, many. 

 439-442 See line 438. 



ExplatKttioii hij ihe Ku'rahus 



When the Ku'rahus begins to sing this song he must think what this 

 ceremony is for and be mindful that all the powers that the heavens 

 contain and all the powers that are felt over the earth are now coming 

 near and bending over the Hako. 



All the powers that are in the heavens and all those that are upon 

 the earth are derived from the mighty power, Tira'wa atius. He" is 

 the father of all things visible and invisible. He is the father of all 

 the powers represented by the Hako. He is the father of all the 

 lesser jjowers, those which can approach man. He is the father of all 

 the people, and perpetuates the life of the tribe through the gift of 

 children. So we sing, your father, meaning the father of all people 

 everywhere, the father of all things that we see and hear and feel. 



As we sing the words over and over we think about Tira'wa atius 

 being the father of all things. This and all stanzas are sung four 

 times. 



When we have gone entirely around the lodge and have returned 



"The Pawnee pronoun here translated "he" does not in the original indicate sex. nor is it 

 equivalent to "it," as the word relates to a person. 



