On one of the days of this festival men personating many kinds of birds dance together in the Nacab kiva; this dance is repeated in the Powamû festival, when all the bird masks are repainted and the bodies of the participants are decorated with feathers, the wings and tail being attached feathers. The following birds are personated:
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Kwahu, Eagle. |
Türpockwa. |
Momtcita
This special ceremony of the Kalektaka, or warrior society, introduced by the Pakab or Reed (arrow) clans, whose chief is Pautiwa, is observed directly after Soyaluña. Their society has a special room for its meeting, which is under the old Pakab house and is entered from the roof. Ordinarily this room, called the Püükoñki or house of the god of war, is closed. The four walls are decorated with pictures of animals, as follows: On the north side there is a picture of Toko, the Mountain Lion; on the west wall is Honauû, the Bear; on the south is Tokotci, the Wildcat, above which is a five-pointed star; and on the east is Kwewû, the Wolf, above which is a picture of the sun. From their positions on the walls these animals may be judged to be the distinctive beasts of these cardinal points. In one corner of this room there is a recess, ordinarilyi closed by a flat slab of rock luted in place, in which the images of the war gods are kept. At the time of the ceremony these fetishes and a number of old celts, ancient weapons, bows, arrows, and tiponis of the Kalektaka society are arranged in the form of an altar.
Prayer-sticks of peculiar construction are made by the Kalektaka, and there is a dance at daybreak on the day after their manufacture, in which the participants carry guns, bows, arrows, and other war implements.
The rude stone images representing the Hano war gods are arranged in the kivas during the celebration of the Soyaluña, in the manner described in an account of the rites of the winter solstice at the pueblo. They represent the two war gods, the Spider woman, their grandmother, and Wicoko, a giant bird. The warrior celebration at Hano is combined with the winter solstice rites, whereas in Walpi it is distinct, or rather the Reed or Pakab clans have a special warrior celebration.
The three principal images or idols are Püükoñ hoya, Paluña hoya, and Kokyan wüqti, the symbolism of which is shown in the pictures.
There are other images of Püükoñ hoya in Walpi which are brought into the kivas at Soyaluña; as one belonging to the Katcina clan, used
