Afterward the priest repeated the performance with _sachà_ from the
calabashes on the altar, and lastly with some from the calabashes of
the _tuyun pishan_. The _sachà_ was then distributed in calabashes to
the participants, it being essential that every drop of it be drunk.
After a wait of about an hour all proceeded to the _pib_, which,
after it had been sprinkled by the priest with _balchè_ from a small
calabash, was opened. The red-hot leaf-wrapped bundles were carried
to the small shed, where the coverings were removed, exposing the
_tutiua_ and _yokua_, crisp, brown, and hot. These were placed upon the
altar, with the exception of one _tutiua_, which was tied to the string
holding the calabashes of the _tuyun pishan_. The cakes made from
the remainder of the masa and _sikil_ were now crumbled into a large
calabash and mixed with another large calabash of _kool_ (a reddish
liquid made from water, ground corn, black pepper, and achiote). The
two mixtures were stirred with a peeled wand of jabin till they formed
a thick paste known as _sopas_. While the _sopas_ was being made the
hearts, heads, and intestines of the fowls were removed to the _pib_
where they were buried, lest some animal by eating them should defile
the offering. The cooked and dismembered turkey and other fowls were
brought out to the small shed in calabashes; the livers, gizzards, and
immature eggs were chopped up fine and well mixed with the _sopas_. A
small calabash full of this mixture was placed with the calabashes of
the _tuyun pishan_, while the rest, in a large calabash, the fowls'
claws standing upright in it, was placed upon the altar, together with
the dismembered birds wrapped in a clean cotton cloth. The priest next
removed some _balchè_ from the jar and filled a calabash, which he
placed upon the altar, as he did so murmuring these prayers:
Ea, in cichpan colel kanleoox, yetel bacan tech in cichkelem tat
yum San Isidro, ah kolkal, yetel bacan tech yum kankin, culucbalech
ti likin, yetel bacan in chanttupchaac, culucbal chumuc caan, ti
likin, yetel bacan yum canchaacoob; kin kubic yetel bacan ahooil
atepalo chumuc caan, yetel bacan tech in cichkelem tata ahcanan
kakabool, yetel bacan tech in cichkelem tata Cakaal Uxmal, yetel
bacan tech in cichpan colel Santa Clara, yetel bacan tech in
cichkelem tata yum xualakinik, yetel bacan tech in cichpan colel
Xhelik, yetel bacan tech in cichkelem tatayum Santo Lorenzo, yetel
bacan tech in cichpan colel Guadelupe, yetel bacan tech tun yum
Mosonikoob, meyahnaheex ichil cool kat tocah. Cin kubic bacan letie
Santo Gracia, utial a nahmateex, yetel bacan tech u nohchi Santo
uai yokol cab halibe in yumen sates ten in cipil. Minan a tzul
pachkeech letie Santo Pishan, Ooki in mentic letie Santo Promicia.
_Translation_
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