BuszEL] MISCELLANEOUS KATCIXAS 1081 



Ne'we'kwe face painting. That illustrated is the face painting of 

 Bitsitsi.) The body paint is pink clay mixed with ashes. 



" He does not always dress like a human person, the way he is shown 

 in the picture, but he dresses like a society member, that is, barefooted 

 and all naked except for a small blue kilt. But sometimes he dresses 

 funny, he hangs onions in his ears and does other things like that to 

 make people laugh. He always carries the Ne'we'kwe baton. 



"He is the Ne'wekwe of the katcinas. They have Ne'we'kwe in 

 the Sacred Lake just as we have here." 



Ceremonies. — "He comes after Ca'lako to bring in the Corn maids. 

 In the story he is the one who finds the Corn maids and so he and 

 Pautiwa bring them in. Then he comes immasked and he must be a 

 Ne'we'kwe man. When he comes with the Corn maids we call him 

 Bitsitsi. Wlien the earth was soft Bitsitsi himself used to come, but 

 now a human man of the society of Ne'we-kwe brings them in.-' 



" He comes masked during the winter, sometimes in the mixed dance 

 and sometimes by himself. Sometimes he comes to sing for Hilili. 

 Sometimes a whole crowd will come and act like Ne'wekwe. 



"If any kiva wants to dance Ne'we'kwe, they will not dance real 

 Ne'we'kwe, but they wiU dance Nehekalo with masks. The headman 

 calls the men together and asks who will be men and who women. 

 Then they make up their songs and practice them. They make up 

 funny songs. They say they have come from the Sacred Lake be- 

 cause their mothers were coming and they did not want them to come 

 alone, and that they are afraid that their wives will be stolen. After 

 they are ready they send in a messenger to annomice that they will 

 dance, and the next day they get their clothing ready. Then the 

 headman goes to the headman of the Ne'we'kwe society and tells 

 him that they are going to dance Ne'wekwe and asks the Ne'we'kwe 

 people to come and drum for them. Then the Ne'wekwe man says, 

 ' Very well. We are glad to have you do it, for our clothes are worn 

 out.' Each man who is dancing makes himself a necklace of black 

 yarn and a bracelet of yarn for the right wrist. 



"Then the Ne'we'kwe man tells his assistant that the kiva has 

 chosen them and they all go over there to be with them. Then they 

 all dress in ceremonial costume and take their drmn and go over to 

 the kiva. Each man brings his Ne'wekwe baton, for the men who are 

 going to dance. They come in and then each one gives his baton to 

 one of the dancers with a prayer. He prays for good weather and 

 for luck in the dance. Then each of the dancers has one of the 

 borrowed wands. Two real Ne'we'kwe men will lead the dance. 

 They carry their children on their backs to make the people believe 

 that they have really come from the Sacred Lake with their children. 



" Two informants contused the masked personation Nepayatamu witli the unmasked personation of 

 Bitsitsi. 



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