CONTENTS 



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Introduction 13 



Hopi ferial calendar 18 



Peculiar features 18 



Classification of festivals 19 



Elaborate festivals 20 



Abbrex'iated festivals 20 



Tabular view of festivals in a Hopi year 21 



Priest fraternities in Hopi ceremonial festivals 23 



Description of Hopi festivals 24 



Wiiwiitcimti, New-fire ceremony 24 



Soyalufia 24 



Momtcita 25 



Pamiirti 26 



Winter Flute paholawii 29 



Wahik winenia, Children' s dance 30 



ilucaiasti, Buffalo dance 30 



Winter Tawa paholawii 31 



Powamii 31 



Planting of beans 31 



Dances in the kivas 32 



Advent of sun god, Ahiil 33 



Preliminary visit of the monsters 35 



Flogging the children 36 



Return of other katcinas 36 



Advent of Masauu 36 



Appearance of Powamu katcinas 38 



Distribution of bean sprouts, dolls, and other objects 39 



Collection of food by monsters 39 



Winter Lakone paholawu 39 



Paliiliikofiti, or Ankwanti 40 



Acts performed in 1900 40 



Additional acts sometimes performed 48 



Paraphernalia used, their construction anil symbolism 50 



Resum^ of events in Paliiliikofiti in 1900 52 



Personations apjiearing in Paluliikofiti 54 



AVinter ^Marau paholawii 55 



Spring Sumaikoli 55 



Abbreviated Katcina dances 56 



Summer Tawa paholawu 56 



Summer Sumaikoli 57 



Niman 57 



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