A similar group, all costumed identically, was prepared in each of the
three villages. The group of Tewa personifications went to every house
in that pueblo and then to the houses in other villages where men from
Hano have married. The groups of the other towns go first to the houses
of their own pueblo and then to the houses in the other villages where
men have transferred themselves by marriage.
When the Walpi group had finished their exercises at Hano and Sitcomovi
they went back to Walpi and proceeded along the front side of their
pueblo to their own kiva, where they disrobed about dark. The object
of the exhibition was to frighten children who exhibited fear of them,
but children 6 years of age or thereabouts were somewhat familiar with
them, and while it was evident they held the monsters in considerable
awe they tried to assume a bold front when receiving the seeds and
snares.[67]
At 8.30 a man personifying Tümáckatcina ran through Walpi from the
Móñkiva toward Wala, emitting hoots as he went. A full half hour
after, about 9 oclock, a group of masked but uncostumed men wrapped in
blankets went to the kiva hatches and uttered most ferocious groans for
four or five minutes. This was done in an informal manner, but was said
to be prescribed ceremonially.
_January 30_—Between 7 and 8 oclock Wikokuitkatcina emerged from the
Álkiva, passed around Walpi to the east end of the pueblo, and then
down through the north lane, past Íntiwa’s house, under the passageways
back to the Álkiva. His body was painted white and he wore a blanket
tied with a girdle (wukokwena), a fox-skin dangling at his loins.
Nothing was elicited in relation to this event.
Between 8 and 9 oclock uncostumed groups of Tatcü′kti went to the
entrances of the kivas and laid themselves prone upon the hatch,
their heads projecting over its edges. Several of them uttered their
characteristic growls and pretended to snarl at and worry one another,
possibly imitating ferocious animals or monsters. One of them carried
on a dialogue with some one in the kiva.
At 9 oclock Tümac and two Tuñwúpkatcina (masked but uncostumed) made
the tour of the pueblos, emitting peculiar hoots. Between 9 and 10
oclock Owana zrozrokatcina and Wupámokatcina appeared separately, each
making a solitary tour of the village. They were not masked, but so
wrapped in blankets that their masks were not visible.
At 10 oclock the Hano clowns and Natácka group came to Walpi and
performed the same ceremony as the Walpi group, which has been
described. There was informal singing in all the kivas.
_January 31_—During this day the masks of Hililikatcina and Soyókmana
were painted. After dark a masked man (Katcina not known) rushed
through the pueblo, and shortly after Tümac and her two sons
(Tuñwúpkatcina), unmasked, ran through the pueblo hooting. About 9
oclock delegates from Sitcomovi, with a drum and rattles, made the
rounds of Walpi and carried on a dialogue with the kiva chief.
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