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army) with this manufaitiwhich was also called 
the restorer of peace, by which the dark sky became 
bright and cloudless. 
Feasting followed the ceremony, together with 
the usual native games; besides which, religious 
rites were performed. The first was the maiot, 
when vast quantities of food were taken to the 
king, and large offerings to the gods, together with 
prayers for the establishment and prosperity of the 
reign. Another was called the oburoa na te arii , 
and consisted also in offerings to the gods, with 
prayers for their support, and a large present of 
food to the principal warrior chief, under the king, 
as an acknowledgment of his important service in 
the recent struggles, and his influence in establish¬ 
ing the king in his government. 
But the most important ceremony, in connexion 
with the ratification of peace, was the upoofaataa , 
&c. It was commemorative of the establishment 
of the new government, and designed to secure its 
perpetuity, and the happiness of the community. 
A leading raatira was usually the chief proprietor 
of the entertainment, and master of the ceremo¬ 
nies. The festival was convivial and religious. 
Food and fruits, in the greatest profusion, were 
furnished for the altars of the gods, and the ban¬ 
quet of the king. 
A heiva , or grand dance, formed a part of this 
ceremony. It was called the dance of peace, and 
was performed in the presence of the king, who, 
surrounded by a number of chiefs and warriors, sat 
at one end of the large house in which it took 
place. A number of men, and sometimes women, 
fantastically dressed, danced to the beating of the 
drum and the warbling of the vivo , or flute ; and 
though the king was surrounded by a number of 
