FLETCHER] 



SEVENTEENTH RITUAL 



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means chief (the te is a modification of le, in the word lesharu, 

 chief). The members of the society Raristesharu ai'e chiefs, and 

 these men are permitted by the star chiefs to j)aiut their faces with 

 the blue lines and to wear the downy feather on the head. The 

 members of this society do not dance and sing; they talk quietly and 

 try to be like the stars. 



I was told that it was from this society that permission was given to 

 paint the child with the blue lines and to put the downy feather 

 upon it. 



Part IV. Putting on the Symbols 



Explanation hij the Ku'rahus 



The old man now takes a bunch of eagle down, and as ^e sing the 

 first stanza of the following song he holds it before the child. 



FIRST SONG 



IVords and Music 



(e) M. M. ^ = 126. 



• = Pulsation of the voice. 



Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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Drum 



Rattles. 



Ho-o-o! Hi- ril'Ha-ri; Hi-ril Ka-o-ktowe re hreku-ai lii!... 



tj L' Li ij' i_' ij' Li L-T Lj L 



Hi. 



I 



1318 Ho-o-o! 



1219 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we re lire kusi hi! 

 1320 Hiri! 'Hari: Hiri! Kaokto we re lire kusi hi! 

 1221 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we re hre kusi hi! 



II 

 1333 Ho-o-o! 



1333 Hiri! 'Hari: Hiri! Kaokto we re ru ata ha! 

 1234 Hiri! 'Hari: Hiri! Kaokto we re ru ata ha! 

 1825 Hii-i! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we re ru ata ha! 



Ill 



1236 Ho-o-o! 



1337 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we ri tukuka ha! 



1338 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we ri tuknka ha! 



1339 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Kaokto we ri tukuka ha! 



