← Table of contents
Tusayan katcinas

Note 119 — COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KATCINA DANCES IN CIBOLA AND TUSAYAN

Reading edition

Hówina (Zuñi, Ówinahe), a kind of thanksgiving dance, is distinctly a Zuñi dance and is so recognized by the Hopi. I have seen photographs of the celebration at Zuñi which bear such a close resemblance to that called by the Hopi the Hówina that in all probability the two are identical. The elaborate war dances celebrated at Zuñi and the observances of the Priesthood of the Bow at that pueblo are very much abbreviated in Tusayan (East mesa) where the organization has not the same power as with the Cibolans.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings