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The Jicarilla luive an annual festival whicli resenil^les 

 very closely that held at Taos. The entire tribe camps 

 near a large lake in the southwestern corner of their 

 reservation. The two bands, the Llanero and the Ollero, 

 pitch their tipis on opposite sides. On the day pre- 

 ceding the public festival, the young men of each band 

 accompanied b}^ the older men go some distance from 

 the camp and hold a preliminary race by which those 



Jicarilla Relay Race. 



who are to run in the final race are chosen. Two 

 booths are constructed, one at each end of the race 

 course. From these the two bands issue in irregular 

 groups surrounding a drum. The dancers have 

 Cottonwood branches in their hands and are led by a 

 man carrying a standard from which flies a cotton cloth 

 and on the top of which are two ears of corn. The 

 two bands of dancers approach each other and pass, 



