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Tusayan katcinas

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This study examines the Katcina phenomenon among the Tusayan villagers, treating Katcinas as supernatural personae embodied in masked dancers and ritual dolls. It presents a calendrical sequence of ceremonies, methods for fixing ceremonial dates, and a tentative classification that distinguishes elaborate rituals (including seasonal return and powámû rites) from abbreviated observances. Detailed descriptions cover mask types, regalia, symbolic motifs, and positions of celebrants, accompanied by plates and figures. Comparative remarks relate these practices to other Pueblo communities while noting cultural affinities and limitations of available data. The author emphasizes careful empirical observation and warns against superimposing Western notions of deities on indigenous ritual concepts.

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Title: Tusayan katcinas

Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes

Release date: June 20, 2023 [eBook #71003]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Government Printing Office, 1897

Credits: Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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TUSAYAN KATCINAS

BY
JESSE WALTER FEWKES

EXTRACT FROM THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1897