THE PUEBLO DWELLERS. LOY 
The Zuni year is well filled with public ceremonies 
the main feature of which is a procession of masked 
dancers accompanied by a choir of singers and by the 
antics of the priest clowns. The most impressive of the 
ceremonies is Shalako which occurs in December. 
There are some phases of this ceremony which suggest a 
European and Catholic origin. 
Hopi Kachina Dolls. 
Hort CEREMONIES. 
Among the Hopi two types of ceremonies are held 
at separate seasons of the year. The kachina cere- 
monies begin with the winter solstice and terminate in 
midsummer when a farewell ceremony called the Niman 
kachina is held. Shortly after, the second series is 
opened with either the snake dance or the flute cere- 
mony and others follow until November when the new 
fire ceremony completes them. Kachinas are super- 
