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FIFTEENTH RITUAL, PART II 



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we give thanks 1o Tira'wa, and witli the Children sing "NaAva! 

 IFAtira! Nawa! H'Atira! He! Iri!" over and over nntil we com- 

 plete the fourth eirciiit. 



In these first four circuits we have remembered the power of 

 Tira'wa atius with Mother Earth; in the next four circuits we shall 



sing of the eagles. 



THIRD SOUa 



Words and Musi( 



M. M. ^S = ]38. 

 = Pulsation of the voice. 



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Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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Drum. 

 Rattles 



Ho o-o-o! Ti - ra whe ru - wa lio - ka - we ta wi - ra, ho - 



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ka - we ta wi-ra, lio - ka - we ta wi - ra. Ti - ra whe rii - wa ho ■ 





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ka - we la wi - ra. ho - ka - we ta wi ra. lio - ka - we ta wi - ra. 



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942 Ho-o-o-o! 



943 Tira whe ruwa hokawe ta wira, hokawe ta wira, hokawe ta wira. 



944 Tira whe ruwa hokawe wira. hokawe ta wira. hokawe ta wira. 



II 



945 Ho-o-o-o! 



946 Tias we ria kishpa ka wia. kishpa ka wia, kishpa ka wia. 



947 Tias we ria kishpa ka wia. kishpa ka wia, kishpa ka wia. 



Trdiislation 

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942 IIo-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



943 Tira whe ruwa hokawe ta wira, hokawe ta wira, hokawe ta wira. 



tira, a part of atira, mother. The term refers to Kawas. 



whe, it. 



ruwa, flying toward the speaker. 



hokawe, shadow. 



ta, a part of wita, coming. 



wira, it is coming. 



944 See line 943. 



