They first assembled around each of the kiva hatchways in Hano, singing
and chaffing one another, and were sprinkled with meal by the kiva
chiefs. Proceeding onward to Sitcomovi, they went to the entrances of
the kivas of this pueblo and were there sprinkled with meal by the
chiefs as they sang their curious songs, accompanying them with a
stamping of the feet and a rotating movement of the body. It was after
1 oclock when they arrived at Walpi, for they halted a short time at
the neck of the mesa to arrange their loads. As they entered the pueblo
they advanced along the south street singing as they went.
At the entrance to Tcívatokiva they stopped and told Pauwatíwa a
facetious story of their wood-gathering. He sprinkled them with meal,
and they then went on to the dance court and set down their bundles,
all the time making a droll byplay. They then separated into parties
of two or three members and visited the houses of several women, with
whom they left one or more bundles of wood. These women had previously
prepared nakwákwocis, which they gave to the clowns with a handful of
meal.
After all the wood had been distributed, with much rollicking fun,
several women gave them food, and the small parties of Tatcü′kti
resumed their songs and marched through the dance court, where they
all assembled. One of them was a drummer, who sat in the middle of the
court, and the others danced about him in a circle, singing a Zuñi
song. Pauwatíwa, Íntiwa, Tcósra, and Soyóko sprinkled them with meal,
and the first-mentioned invited the women who had been given wood to
approach, which they did, sprinkling the individual Tatcü′ktis with
meal. Their masks were then harshly removed and thrust into a bag, tied
up in a bundle, and carried to the house of Wikyátiwa. Most of the food
which they had received was carried down into the Álkiva, which was the
assemblage place of the Tatcü′kti in this ceremony.
In all the kivas the beans had sprouted and were now called házrü
(angular), possibly so named from the angle formed by the cotyledons
with the stem. When they had grown somewhat higher they were called
wupáhazrü (great or long, angular).
_January 28_—No ceremonials were observed on this day.
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