Songs of the Girls' Puberty Ceremony, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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In the east,
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In the east,
(40.8)[8]
Ha'óó'ání biyaashíͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé, hiká bihádídíń beejagááłdáͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé yaabiłgózhóͅ,
Yaa'iłéńziͅ.
Nandi'á biyaashíͅ,
Jígonaa'áí, bich'íládai beejagááł;
Is'ahnaagháí!
Díídííbee, gózhóͅ.
'I'óó'ání biyaashíͅ,
Diłkoͅoͅdé bihádídíń gołnásééłgo, gózhóͅ;
Is'ahnaagháí!
Beeneejighágo, gózhóͅ.
Náhákos biyaashíͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé 'áń bik'isń;
Díídíí beejagááłgo, gózhóͅ.
Goch'iͅiͅnéł'íͅ,
Baagoł'aandí,
Baa'iłéjínziͅ.
Ha'óó'ání biyaashíͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé, hiká bihádídíń beejagááłdáͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé yaabiłgózhóͅ,
Yaa'iłéńziͅ.
Nandi'á biyaashíͅ,
Jígonaa'áí, bich'íládai beejagááł;
Is'ahnaagháí!
Díídííbee, gózhóͅ.
'I'óó'ání biyaashíͅ,
Diłkoͅoͅdé bihádídíń gołnásééłgo, gózhóͅ;
Is'ahnaagháí!
Beeneejighágo, gózhóͅ.
Náhákos biyaashíͅ,
'Isdzánádleeshé 'áń bik'isń;
Díídíí beejagááłgo, gózhóͅ.
Goch'iͅiͅnéł'íͅ,
Baagoł'aandí,
Baa'iłéjínziͅ.
In the east,
The White Painted Woman, when she is walking in accordance with the pollen of the dawn,
The White Painted Woman is happy over it,
She is thankful for it.[10]
In the south,
She is walking in accordance with the sun's tassels;[11]
Long life!
From this, there is good.[12]
In the west,
When the pollen of the abalone shell moves with her, there is good;[13] [14]
Long life!
If she lives in accordance with it, there is good.[15]
In the north,
She is the sister of the White Painted Woman;[16]
When she is walking in accordance with this, there is good.[17]
She is looking at her,
She is happy over it,
She is thankful for it.[18]
The White Painted Woman, when she is walking in accordance with the pollen of the dawn,
The White Painted Woman is happy over it,
She is thankful for it.[10]
In the south,
She is walking in accordance with the sun's tassels;[11]
Long life!
From this, there is good.[12]
In the west,
When the pollen of the abalone shell moves with her, there is good;[13] [14]
Long life!
If she lives in accordance with it, there is good.[15]
In the north,
She is the sister of the White Painted Woman;[16]
When she is walking in accordance with this, there is good.[17]
She is looking at her,
She is happy over it,
She is thankful for it.[18]
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(40.8) Linguistic Notes
baagoł'aandí 'she is happy over it'. baa- 'about it, over it'; goł- 'with her'; 'aandí 'there is joy, happiness' [no analysis].
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Ethnological Note Ethnological Note
"She" in these lines refers to the adolescent, "it" to her walking in accordance with the pollen of the dawn. When the adolescent lives, in accordance with the ideals associated with the pollen of the dawn, a sacred substance, the White Painted Woman is happy and thankful. This is an allusion to the White Painted Woman's connection with and interest in the adolescent and the ceremony as indicated in ethnological note 3 to this text. See also ethnological notes 13 and 15.
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The adolescent, associated with the rays of the sun, will therefore have Long life and be sanctified.
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Pollen, considered the most sacred substance by the Apache, is attributed not only to trees and plants but, by ceremonial extension, to all ritual objects. Since abalone shell is much used in the ceremonies, it is said to have pollen.
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This refers to part of the ceremony of the last morning, when the shaman ties a small piece of abalone shell to the hair of the adolescent.
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That is, as long as the adolescent follows the ideals associated with abalone, a very sacred substance to the Apache, all will be well.
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The adolescent girl is referred to as the sister of White Painted Woman. [See Ethnological notes to this text, 3 and 10.]
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That is, if the White Painted Woman counsels and directs the adolescent through life, she will be fortunate.
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////These lines indicate the interest that the White Painted Woman is expected to take in the girl following the ceremony.
////In the line, "She is looking at her, "she" refers to White Painted Woman and "her" to the adolescent. In the last two lines, "she" refers to the adolescent and "it" to the ceremony.
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