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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 3 — PREFACE.

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After all these things when the time of birth nears the inaina3 is discharged, that which envelopes the child, a sign of the child’s coming forth. Then the high priests with the feather god come forward, all praying to a false deity. The drums are beaten, and prayers at intervals are offered from a separate place, in honor of the child.

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