Note 40 — Chapter VI · TO ZUÑI, THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, VIA GALLUP
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The most famous is the Shálako which occurs annually about December 1, largely a night ceremony of great impressiveness. The central figures are giant effigies representing divinities, whose motive power is a Zuñi man hidden within each. They enter from the plain at dusk, and to the plain return the next morning, after a night of dancing and feasting by the people.