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on their heads. The Idva chief comes first. He steps out and puts 

 his mask on the top of his head. He does not pull it down over his 

 face because that would be dangerous, for he is not going to dance. 

 Then one of the older women of the house takes up an ear of corn 

 and all the other women dip water from the bowls with their fingers 

 and sprinkle the head of the man. 



" The older people pray and everyone in the house sprinkles both 

 the man and the mask with water. Then they call another man and 

 do the same thing, and after all the men have been sprinkled each 

 man takes paper bread and corn meal for his mask. 



" Then they all go out to the east to 'Where-the-pumpkin-stands. 

 There Pautiwa is sitting down facing the east. The man who keeps 

 the mask has taken it out there. Then those who have been dancing 

 come there from the plaza. Each has his roll of paper bread and com 

 meal. They come and stand in line a little distance behind f'autiwa. 

 Then the men who have been dancing come running toward the east, 

 sprinkling corn meal before them. \Vlien they come to where Pautiwa 

 is standing they take off their masks and set them down. Then the 

 other men who have brought their masks out set them down and make 

 the road for them going toward the east. Then they all plant their 

 praj^er sticks. After a little while the men take up their masks and 

 come home. They leave the paper bread out there, buried in the 

 ground. Then the dancers undress there and come home. The 

 Koyemci are still in the plaza, and Pautiwa sits out there in the east 

 waiting for the corn maids. 



"They do this every year. Then for four days after Ko'ane there 

 are no dances, for the katcinas have all gone to the east to visit their 

 people there. After the fourth day anyone who has had Ca'lako house 

 may ask to have any dance repeated. Sometimes they keep on danc- 

 ing this way for a week or ten days. They can keep it up until the 

 pekwin starts to plant for the winter solstice. Then all dancing must 

 stop while they have it'sumawe."'^ 



Ko'ane 



(Another version) 



"Each year after Ca'lako everyone takes his mask out to Red Earth. 

 Each man takes his own mask, and if a man has more than one he 

 takes them all. The old masks are not taken out at this time. Each 

 man carries his masks wi'apped in blankets, and he carries prayer 

 sticks, ^^^len he gets out to Red Earth there are six big round holes, 

 about 3 feet deep. There is one hole for each kiva. Then each man 

 goes to the hole of his own kiva and puts his mask down facing the 

 east. There may be a thousand masks there, or several thousand, 



" The rites of fertility mai;ic performed during the winter solstice ceremonies. 



