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44. Prayer Before Singing Mountain Spirit Songs, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

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44. Prayers Recited While Preparing the Gahe as told by David Fatty
  
Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Ethnological Note 1
The shaman is addressing the Mountain Spirits.
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Ethnological Note 2
This refers to the fact that the masked dancers, before going to the ceremonial grounds, hold their masks in their hands and shake them while the shaman prays and sings.
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