BUNZEI-l 



PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



777 



The thoughts of your fathers 

 Vou have fulfilled. 



yam a''tatcu 



a-'wan to' tse"mak\vi' mo'la'Ifa 



el yam he'coEane 



35 to an to'miyona'ma 



lilonho! yam he'cota'kowa 



Ee'tsanici to a'luiia. 



i'celtema 



ya'cuwa Eo'kci hon a"'teEan"a 



40 ho'iia'wan tca'le 

 to' o'naya'"ana 

 te'luwaiyan Eai'akwi o'neata te"- 



tcina 

 to' o'naya''t'u 

 to' lacit'u 

 I 45 torn te'Kohanan a'niktciat'u. 



THE KOYEMCI 



The Koyemci are actually bathed in the house of the priests, and 

 each receives a gift of food from each of the women who participate 

 in the ceremony, the wives and daughters of priests of the council. 

 Later at the houses of their "aunts" they are also "washed." Here 

 the rite is entirely symbolic. Corn meal is sprinkled on the head and 

 gifts are presented. This, too, is called "washing." Ritual washing 

 of the head is always the function of the paternal aunt. 

 The wives of the priests: 

 This day, my fathers, 



35 Do not forget your house. 



Here in your own house 



You will go about happily. 



Always talking together kindly 



We shall pass our days. 

 40 Our child, 



Your road will be fulfilled; 



Your road will reach all the way to 

 Dawn Lake. 



May your road be fulfilled; 



May you grow old; 



May you be blessed with life. 



"Washing 



MoTanhakto, priests 



You have passed us on our roads. 



With our clear water 



We hold you fast. 



My children. 



May your roads reach to Dawn 



Lake, 

 May your roads be fulfilled; 

 May you grow old. 

 In order that you may grow old, 

 With our clear water 

 ^^'c have bound vou fast. 



lu'kii yii'ton-e 

 hom a-'tatcu 

 mo'lanhakt a-'ciwan-i 

 ho-'na ton a-'wona-e'latenaplja 

 5 yam Ea'cima Eo'kci 



a'ka to"na hon a-'wiyatena tsu'me 



hom tca'we 



te'luwaiyan Eai'akwi o'neala te^'tci- 



nan 

 ton a''wona-ya-"an'a 

 10 ton a-'lacian'a 



ton a'lacitun'on a'lfa 



yam Ea'cima Eo'kci 



to"na hon a'wiyaten tsu'meEa- 



naplfa. 



In the ancestral house of his father, meal is sprinkled on his 

 head by his paternal aunt and all the women of his father's clan 

 with the following prayer. The two women's prayers are character- 

 istically brief. 



My father, 



This day. 



With our clear water 



We have held you fast. 



May your road reach to Dawn I/ake 



May your road be fulfilled. 

 May you grow old,. 

 6066°— 32 50 



hom ta'tcu 

 lu'lja ya'ton'e 

 yam Ea'cimaija 



torn hon ya'tena-tsu'meEanapEa. 

 5 te'luwaiyan Eai'akwi o'neala te"- 

 tcinan 

 to' o'na-ya-"ana 

 to' la'ci'an'a. 



