The New-fire Ceremony at Walpi

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ID2437576
AuthorsJ Walter Fewkes (Institute of Ethnology, corresponding author)
Year1900
Volume2
Issue1
Pages80-138
Publication date1900-01-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/aa.1900.2.1.02a00080
OpenAlexW1988490282
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Four societies of priests, known as the TataukyamzZ, Wiiwiitcimtd, AnZtd, and K ~n k w n ~i t d , unite in t h e celebration of the Walpi New-fire ceremony.T h e public dances are conducted mainly by the former two, whose actions are of a phallic nature.These two act as chorus i n the kiva when the fire is made, but, t h e sacred flame is kindled by the latter two societies.All four organizations are considered powerful, but t h e fact that t h e name of the ceremony is practically the same as that of one of t h e priesthoods does not mean that this society is the most prominent.Hani,' chief of t h e Tatnuk;t/awzd, directs the whole society, and Anawita, chief of the Kwakwantd, personates the Fire-god, in whose honor the most important part of t h e celebration is performed

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