Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians — John Shaqi
Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo IndiansStevenson, James
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Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians
Stevenson, James
Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
and coals are removed
when the bread is found
to be baked.
Tkleheljoe Yeast is prepared for
this bread in the same
manner as that for the
Ãlkaandt except that the
corn is baked instead of
parched. The yeast is
then mixed with meal into
a stiff dough and baked
in corn husks, four pats
are placed in each
package.
Ta’nätnil (beverage) Is the same preparation
as the yeast used in the
Ãlkaandt except in this
case a drink is made of
it by pouring boiling
water over it.
Diz’etso Peaches (fresh or dried)
stewed. There were also
several large bowls of
stewed mutton.
Little groups of threes and fives were formed over the floor of the lodge;
others less fortunate were closely packed together around the outer edge
of the lodge and could procure their food only through the generosity of
their neighbors. The girl and boy left the lodge after having partaken of
the sacred meal mixture. After refreshment the song-priest lifted each
mask with his left hand beginning with Hasjelti, and first extending his
right hand, which held a fine large crystal, toward the heavens, he
touched the under part of each mask with the crystal; four times he passed
over the masks. The choir sang but no rattle was used. The crystal was
afterward placed on the rug opposite the basket of feathers. The food
vessels were removed and the song continued for a time when the
song-priest repeated a long low prayer, after which the song was resumed,
and thus the night was consumed in prayer and song over the masks.
FIFTH DAY.
FIRST CEREMONY.
A basket of yucca suds was prepared by an attendant, who cleansed his
hands of the suds by pouring a gourd of clear water over them; he then put
a handful of the suds upon the head of a man who stood before him, nude
with the exception of a breech cloth, after which the man washed his head
from a water jug which was held over the head of the bather by the
attendant. The bather covered his body with the suds, and the contents of
the jug was emptied on the floor of the lodge by the attendant. The man
dressed himself in the ordinary cotton clothing with rare beads around his
neck, and a leather pouch held by a band of mountain sheep skin over his
shoulders; he knelt before a bowl of white kaolin which he spread over his
face; he then took his seat between two attendants, the one to the right
of him holding a pinch of native tobacco and the one on the left holding
corn meal in the palms of the right hands.
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