FLETiHEH] FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH RITUALS 345 



Kliythmic Rendifioit 



Take we now tlie blue paint. 



Touch with it the st»;m, irattiiii; cm tlie sacred syiiil)ol. 



Emblem of the clear sky. 



Where dwell the gods, who, desceudinf<. In-iiif? us Ki")d gifts, 



Gifts of life and plenty. 



TENTH SONG" 



Diagram of Time 



Riii/thtnic Rendition 



Take we now the green paint. 



Touch with it the stem, the mated stem; 



Putting on the emblem, the sacred and living symbol. 



Mother Earth. 



From above descending, bountiful blessing on thee. 



Mother Earth! 



SIXTEENTH RITUAL (FIFTH DAY, DAWN) 



Part I. Seeking the Child 



At the first sign of dawn the Ku rahus ami his assistants, with the 

 principal men of the Ilako party, started for tlie lodge of the Son, 

 there to seek his child and perforin certain rites .symbolic of birth. 

 It is to be noted that these rites took place at the same hour as the 

 singing- of the Dawn ritual, which celebrated the mysterious birth of 

 day. 



The}- sang the flr.st song of the ritual as they started, but when they 

 were nearing their destination they repeated the song they had sung 

 when they were about to enter the village of the Son (sixth ritual, 

 second song). 



The repetition of .songs sung in the earlier part of the ceremony 

 had the effect of tying back the later acts to those which were pre- 

 paratory in character, and tended to consolidate tlie entire ceremony. 

 When this song was sung for the first time the Father was .seeking 

 the Son, to whom he was bringing promises of good; when it was 

 sung the second time the Father was seeking the child of the Son, 

 that on it the promises brought might be fulfilled. 



Of this part of the ceremony not only every detail, with its special 

 meaning, but the function of each article used had l)een prefigured. 



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