rLETCHKR] SEVENTEENTH TIITUAL, PART III 229 



ExjjlcuuUion Jty the Ku'rahus 



During the singinj^ of the second stanza the old man moves the shell 

 containing the paint toward the child. Tlie vigor of life is coming 

 to the child, flying toward it as through the air, like the coming of 

 dawn. 



Translation of Third Stanza 



1178 Ho-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



1179 Hiri, 'Hari; Iliri! Kitspahat ri tukuka ha! 



hiri! give heed! harken! 

 'hari, a part of iha'ri, child, 

 hiril harken! give heed! 

 kitspahat, red paint, 

 ri, it. 



tukuka, touching, 

 ha! behold! 

 1180, 1181 See line 1179. 



Explanation by the Kn'rahus 



As we sing this third stanza the old man touches the forehead with 

 the red paint. The vigor of life, the power of the touch of the sun, 

 is now on the child. 



Translation, of Fourth Stanza 



1182 Ho-o-o! An introductorjr exclamation. 



1183 Iliri! 'Ilai'i; Hiri! Kitspahat ri ta iwa ha! 



hiri! give heed! harken! 

 'hari, a part of iha'ri, child, 

 hiri! harken! 

 kitspahat, red paint, 

 ri, it. 



ta, a part of taoknt, to tonch. 

 iwa, downward n^ovement. 

 ha! behold! 

 1184, 1185 See line 1183. 



Explanation hy the Ku'rnhus 



While we sing the fourth stanza the old man makes the same lines 

 on the face of the child as those made with the water, the brush of 

 grass, and the ointment. This means that the vigor of life, the power 

 of the touch of the sun, the new life of the dawn, are all from Tira'wa 

 atius. 



