924 ZUNI KATCINAS [eth. ann. 47 



"The upper part of his body is nude and painted purpHsh black. 

 He wears a dance kilt, embroidered sash, red woman's belt, fox skin 

 behind. He wears arm bands of blue buckskin with feathers hanging 

 from them. He has spruce twigs in his arm bands and in his belt. 

 Blue moccasins, yarn on both legs, with little bells. In the right 

 hand he carries yucca, in the left a torch of cedar bark and an ancient 

 fire drill. (The torch is left in the fields at dawn, and he carries yucca 

 for the rest of the day.) 



"The masks of Citsuka and Kwelele are kept with that of Koko 

 Lan'a in the house of the Great Fire Society. Their ceremony 

 belongs to this society. Citsuka and Kwelele live at Cipapolima." 



Ceremonies. — Citsuka and Kwelele come publicly only at itiwan'a, 

 but they bring in Koko Lan-a when he is called in to cure sickness. 



When Citsuka and Kwelele come at itiwan'a they must be imper- 

 sonated by members of the Koko Lan-a order of the Great Fire 

 Society. During itiwan'a they meet to select the impersonators. 

 All members of the society contribute food or things like tobacco pur- 

 chased at the store for Citsuka and Kwelele to throw away to the 

 people. 



They come in on the ninth day of the fire taboo, in the evening. 

 During the afternoon the masks are taken out to a field to the east 

 of the village, by members of the Great Fire Society, who assist 

 Citsuka and Kwelele to dress. Just before sunset they enter the 

 village by the eastern road. They go at once to He'iwa kiva where 

 they dance for a few minutes on the roof. Meanwhile pekwin has 

 assembled the impersonators of Pautiwa and SaiyaH'a. At simset 

 they enter the kiva. Here brief ceremonies are held. After about 

 20 minutes they come out again and go to the ceremonial house of 

 the Great Fire Society. Here they remove their masks, and eat the 

 supper that has been brought to the house by female members of the 

 society. In the Great Fire Society house are the members of the 

 Koko Lana order of the society, and the choir that is to sing during the 

 night. Late at night Citsuka and Kwelele are summoned to He'iwa 

 kiva by the bow priest. They put on their masks and follow him, 

 accompanied by their choir and the head men of the Great Fire 

 Society. They reach the kiva about midnight. Until day no one 

 must see them except those privileged to be in the kiva. In the kiva 

 are the priests, the chiefs of the Katcina Society, Tsupal'ilona, the 

 impersonators of Pautiwa and Saiyali'a, members of the Pautiwa cult, 

 the Sun clan men who "take care of" Pautiwa, choirs from He'iwa 

 kiva and the Great Fire Society. Anyone entering the kiva during 

 the night must remain in and awake until the ceremonies close at 

 sundown the following day. 



During the night the two choirs sing alternately certain named song 

 sequences and Citsuka and Kwelele and the SaiyaH'a dance. Anyone 



