The Oraibi Soyal Ceremony, Том 3,Выпуски 1-4

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1903 - Всего страниц: 59
 

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Стр. 92 - Kfshiwuu* paoni, yapik nu ung nawakna." (You that live at, or you from Ki'shiwuu, come here; just here I want you. ^ He then turns his face to the west, then to the south and then to the east...
Стр. 111 - The Nakachok Katcina chief was there. Having beautiful blue corn seed, beans, watermelons, muskmelons, he dwells there. These Oraibi children here, little girls, little boys, of different sizes, here at the sipapu shall they know our ceremonies. Yes, they shall know them! Beautiful ladder beam, beautiful ladder rungs, with turquoise strands are they tied to the ladder. Thus we came out (Voth 1901:99).
Стр. 111 - Voth continues: With the crying and screaming of the candidates men and women mingle their voices, some encouraging them, others accusing the Katcinas of partiality, claiming that they whip some harder than others; in short, pandemonium reigns in the kiva during this exciting half hour. But the scene has not only its exciting, but also its disgusting features. As the whips are quite long they frequently extend around the leg or hip of the little nude boys in such a manner that the points strike the...
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