FLETCHER] 



EIGHTH RITUAL 



109 



Exphiiiofioii hij fhe Ku' ralius 



When we begin this song .iiid sing " H'Aars" (j-oui- fatlier), we think 

 of what we iiave been told in (he first song, that Tira'wa atins is the 

 father of all tilings; that he is the father of all those lesser powers 

 which eonie to us in onr visions and dreams. These lesser powers are 

 many, but 1"'ira'wa atins is the father of them all. 



When we sing, "Hidhil" we think that all these powers have their 

 dwelling ijlace on high, Tira'wahut, and that above them all is the 

 abode of Tira'wa atius, their father. It is he who sends help to us bj- 

 these lesser powers, because they alone can come to ns so that we 

 can see and feel them. 



When we have reached the west we pause and then begin the third 

 circuit of the lodge. On this round we sing of Mother Corn, she who 

 has led us (ni our journey, who has entered the lodge of the Sou, and 

 is now to walk before the Children with the promise of iilenty. 



THIRD SONG 



lVor(h and Music 

 a 26. 



Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



M. U. S ■ 



• = Pulsation of the voice. 





Ho-o!Ho-o!Xawa'Ti 

 Drum, i , 4 , i , i 



Rallies. LJ LJ i_J I— 



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'Ti - ra, na'Ti-ra we-ri-nil Na'Ti-ra 



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we-ri-ral Na-wa'Ti - ra, 



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448 Ho-o! Ho-o! 



449 Nawa "Tira. nawa "Tira. iia "Tira weriral 



450 Na "Tira werira! 



4.51 Nawa "Tira. nawa "Tira. nawa. Ha! Werira! 

 II 



4.53 Ho-o! Ho-o! 



453 Ha wa "Tira, ha wa "Tira, ha 'Tira werai! 



4.54 Ha "Tira werai! 



455 Ha wa "Tira. ha wa "Tira, lia "Tira werai! 



Translation of First Stanza 

 44S Ho-o I Ho-o! Introductory exclamations. 

 440 Nawa 'Tira, nawa 'Tira, na 'Tira werira! 

 nawa, now. 

 'tira, ijart of the word atira, mother. The term i-efers to tlie 



ear of corn, 

 na, part of nawa, now. 

 'tira, atira, mother, 

 werira, she comes. 



