BCNZELl DANCES OF THE WIJs'TER AND SUMMER SERIES 1025 



Ceremonies.- — "Tomtsinapa used to come with the mixed dance, but 

 now he comes with the short-haired Tcakwena. There is a long story 

 of how they came to change. 



"He always dances out of line and gives the calls for the dancers, 

 for he is a sweet singer. He has a valuable voice. Pautiwa sent him 

 in with the mixed dance and said to him, 'You shall go to Itiwana to 

 bring the people your sweet voice, so that the women may sing sweet 

 songs when they grind the corn, for the corn likes to hear the women 

 sing as they grind. And you will go for the sake of the men also, for 

 they sing for the women as they grind. ' And so Tomtsinapa came with 

 the mixed dance to bring the people his sweet voice and to bless them 

 with good crops. He came and danced out of line and gave his call in 

 a loud voice. And when the dancers came to the end of each song 

 Tomtsinapa came to the center and gave his call. The people all 

 liked to hear him and said, 'Oh, hasn't this one a sweet voice!' And 

 every time he gave his call all the people breathed in and prayed, 

 ' May I have a sweet voice like that. ' They knew without being 

 told why he had been sent to Itiwana. And he brought his sweet 

 voice to the people. " 



References. — Parsons, Notes on Zuili, I, p. 212. 



Tsi'Eohan'o"na 



"Sometimes comes with the short-haired Tcakwena and dances out 

 of line. He has a white beard instead of gray and black. He is the 

 best hunter. He carries bow and arrow and a quiver also. He used 

 to bring in a deer and a man who wanted to be a good hunter would 

 help him skin it. His friend is Hupomo'otca who belongs to Towa 

 Tcakwena. They never come in together, but they are friends and 

 always used to hunt together and always killed many deer." 



The Mixed Dance 



A mLxed dance, a line dance in which all participants are differently 

 costumed and masked, may be performed by any kiva during the 

 wdnter or summer series. After Ca'lako two mixed dances are re- 

 quired. Ohewa regularly dances a niLxed dance (Wotemla). Hekii- 

 pawa has recently substituted the old mixed dance (Towa Wotemla) 

 for the unpopular Maheiinaca. This latter uses a drum, has different 

 songs, and is otherwise different from the regular mbced dance. 



The costumes of the mLxed dance are varied and imaginative.* 

 Some are "pretty dancers," some terrible or grotesque. They form 

 a motley outfit less attractive to us than the more carefull}^ styled 

 KoEo-kci. One never knows just what masks will appear with 

 Wo'temla. Some are familiar, some are inventions. Ahute, Tem- 



• Photographs of the miied dance are shown in Stevenson, Plate LXIX. 



