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Motif

Call-and-response ceremonial prayer recitation

call_and_response_ceremonial_prayer_recitation

A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends BY PROF. JOHN COMFORT FILLMORE. / TEXTS AND INTERLINEAR TRANSLATIONS. / FREE TRANSLATION OF PRAYER. / REMARKS ON THE PRAYER.; lines 13238-13277 confidence: high

    The prayer is said at the beginning of work on the last night of the klédzi hatál; the shaman recites it verse by verse and one atsá`lei or first dancer repeats each verse.

    The shaman recites each verse and a first dancer repeats it after him in a specified ritual setting.

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