980 ZUNI KATCINAS [eth. ann. 47 



" The boys always want to be whipped first, so as to get the feather 

 of an important katcina Uke Pautiwa, or one of the nice-looking kat- 

 cinas. There is one katcina for each boy that is whipped, and if 

 there are many boys they have to draw all the funny katcinas like 

 Ho'wiwi. Tsitsikya keeps track of the children and their names and 

 sees that everything is right. '^ The boj-s just go down into the kiva 

 and get their feathers and come back to the plaza. 



"After the first group of boys have all been whipped, the pekwin 

 takes the katcinas back to Hekiapawa kiva, and the second set comes 

 out. They whip the second group of boys and after they are finished 

 the pekwin takes them back. Then the Sayalia come out, four of 

 them. They come to the plaza and all the little boys are there. Then 

 one little boy kneels down in front of his father, with two women, one 

 on each side, holding his blankets. The Sayalia stand in pairs facing 

 each other, with the boy in the center. They are veiy terrible looking 

 and jump around all the time shaking their rattles, and the little boys 

 are terribly frightened. They are not afraid of the Salimobiya because 

 they are pretty katcinas who come to dance in the winter time with 

 society songs, but the Sayaha are always dangerous. After each 

 whipping the katcina cliief and the katcina pekwin remove one 

 blanket. If the father tries to sliield the little boy by putting bis 

 own leg over the child's back, they will surely Idll the father. The 

 Koyemci stand beside them and count the strokes. The little boys 

 cry terribly. They alwaj^s whip first the boys who have beans cook- 

 ing in their houses, first the boy who has the yellow beans, then the 

 boy who has the blue beans, and so on. 



"After the whipping, the boj-s are taken to the kiva to have feathers 

 tied in their hair, and later to Hekapawa Mhere Kolowisi vomits for 

 them water and seeds." 



For four nights the novices fast from animal food. On the fourth 

 morning the ceremonial father removes the boy's hair feather, the 

 symbol of his novitiate, and takes hun to his house where his head is 

 bathed. He is given meat to eat.^'' Again there are exchanges of 

 gifts. 



Kaklo 



(Plate 28, o) 



Coshime. — " Onthe head, hawk feathers bound to a reed with a fringe 

 of goat's hair. Over each ear a squash blossom. These used to be 

 made of dyed rabbit fur wound over four little sunflower stalks. Now 

 they use red yarn. He wears two squash blossoms so that the people 

 may have many squashes and melons. Other katcinas wear only one. 

 Around the face is painted the rainbow and the mUky way. The lines 

 under the eyes and mouth are rain drops. 



'' It was estimated byZunis thnt I here would be 14'J children to be whipped in W29. SotheKoyemcisaid. 

 "* Compare similar ceiemony in souiety initiations. 



