Note 18 — PREFACE. (continued 3)

Things to do. It was the duty of the diviner priest to cleanse the inside of the house with the fire18 of the order of the priesthood at the same time, kuapaa, makaa (species of small fish), and banana plants were brought. The diviner priest was to prepare everything brought for cleansing the house. Pigs and chickens were roasted as a sacrifice to the god of the order. The priest, however, must perform some significant ceremonies upon the pigs and chickens before preparing and roasting them. And all these things done for the house were for the purpose of cleansing it by virtue of the power of the god of the order of priesthood.