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 fewkes] WINTER SOLSTICE ALTARS A T HANO 26l

March, Yopobi-p'o y "Cactus-flower moon." The element pobi* which is so often used in proper names among the Tewa, means flower.

April, Pilnka-p'o, " Windbreak moon."

May, Senko-p'o, " To-plant-secretly moon." This refers to the planting of sweet corn in nooks and crevices, where children may not see it, for the Nimdn-katcina.

June-October, nameless moons, or the same names as the five winter moons.

November, C/ni-p'o? u Horn moon," possibly referring to the AaltA of the New-Fire ceremony.

December, T&ntai-p'o y " Winter- solstice moon."

Contemporary Ceremonies

The Winter Solstice ceremony is celebrated in Walpi, Sitcom- ovi, and Hano, by clans, all the men gathering in the kivas of their respective pueblos. The Soyaluna is thus a synchronous gathering of all the families who bring their fetishes to the places where they assemble. The kivas or rooms in which they meet, and the clans which assemble therein, are as follows :

Walpi

MoSkiva : Patki, Water-house ; Tabo, rabbit ; Kiikutcc, Lizard ; Tuwa, Sand ; Lenya, Flute ; Piba t Tobacco ; and Katcina.

WlKWALIOBIKIVA .* Asa.

Nacabkiva : Kokop, Firewood ; Tciia % Snake.

Alkiva : Ala, Horn.

Tcivatokiva : Pakab, Reed ; Honau, Bear.

Sitcomovi

First Kiva : Patki, Water-house ; Honani, Badger. Second Kiva : Asa.

��1 The names of many Tewa women end in pobi y corresponding with the Hopi si, a contracted form of sihd, in women's names, as Hofisi, Nasiumsi, etc.

katci ; first quarter, tniiiyachaunacapti ; full moon, tniiiyanacapti. An eclipse of the moon is spoken of as tniiiyadh moki, "dead moon." There was a total eclipse of the moon visible at Walpi near the end of December, 189S, when the full moon arose partially obscured. This, said Sikyatala, was bad for the Americans who dwell in the far east, but not for the Hopi. A *' dead moon," when in the meridian of the Hopi pueblos, is considered kalolamai, •' bad."
 * Among the Hopi the moon (Tewa/0) is called muiyaHh ; new moon, miiiya-

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