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He'kiapawa, und Up'*sannawa take up the dances. Then they become 

 the elder brothers, the younger brothers, as before, supplying the 

 goddesses. 



The ki'wi'sine which is to furnish the Kor'kokshi upon the return of 

 the party from Ko'thluwala'wa or Kiap'kwena at the summer solstice 

 (see page 158) begins the Kor'kokshi dances of winter. If a request is 

 made at this season by the Ko'mosona, Ko'pekwin (deputy to Ko'mo- 

 sona), or A'shiwanni, including the elder and younger brother Bow 

 priests, for the gods to repeat these dances the second da}' in the 

 plazas, they must remain during the night in the ki'wi'^sine, and may 

 dance if they choose, but they do not visit the other ki'wi'siwe after 

 the first night. The same rule is adhered to if they dance the third 

 and fourth daj^s in the te'witas. Under no conditions can the Kor'- 

 kokshi dance more than four days in the winter. The}" nmst never 

 dance but one night and day in the summer, for so the gods have com- 

 manded." The first dances of the Kor'kokshi in summer occur when 

 the Ko'mosona and his party return from their pilgrimage to Ko'thlu- 

 wala'wa or Kiap'kwena. Each ki'wi*sine, including the one to which 

 the Ko'mosona belongs, takes its turn sexennially in furnishing dances 

 for this occasion. They always gather in the ki'wi*sine to which the 

 Ko'mosona is allied and dance here and in the house of the Ko'pekwin 

 during the night, and in the plazas the following day. 



Those who are to personate the Council of the Gods'^ and the 

 Ko'yemshi gather in the Ko'pekwin's house, and the personators of 

 the Sha'lako, with their fellows and wor'we, assemble in the ki'vvi*sine 

 of the Ko'mosona, except when the Chu'pawa takes its turn in fur- 

 nishing the Kor'kokshi; then the Sha'liiko of this ki'wi^sine, with his 

 younger brother or alternate, is present in the Ko'pekwin's house, and 

 their wor'we go to the ki'wi*sine. 



The Great Fire fraternity always assembles in the Ko'pekwin's house 

 for the summer solstice ceremonies, but the Ko'mosona may select the 

 fraternity he washes to have perform in the ki'wi'sine. 



No otlier dances are allowed during the summer dances of the 

 Kor'kokshi. The Kor'kokshi remove their masks in summer when in 

 the ki'wi*sine. In winter they go over the western road to remove 

 their masks and disrobe. Dances may occur at any time from the 

 winter solstice to the summer solstice by the wish of the dance 

 director of a ki'wi*sine. 



Dances for rain sometimes occur at the farming districts. After 

 dancing one or more days the dancers usually walk to Zufii, retire to 

 the ki'wi'sine of the o'taikia mo'sona who has charge of the dance, and 

 dance during the night. The dances are repeated in the plazas the 



a Nai'uchi had the dance repeated in summer, but this was stopped, as it is against the old custom 

 of the Kor'kokshi to appear more than one day in the te'witas. 

 &See p. 33. 



