2. The Hopi Religious Life

3. Roads of Life Religious Awareness Through Disenchantment

4. The Kachina Cult The way to awareness

5. The Kachinas zAre the spirit of the invisible forces of life. invisible forces zThey are attired to represent certain spirits. zTheir dances are part of various ceremonies representing seasons and phases in life.

6. What the Kachinas mean zPrior to initiation the children have been protected from seeing the kachina dancers without their masks and from seeing masks not worn. zThe kachinas are known to give the children gifts. zStories are told about them. zThey are heroes.

7. The “Symbol” of the Kachina zChildren imitate kachina dancing and emulate the high qualities identified with the kachinas. zThey are role models for the Hopi way of life and so are mimicked by the children including their dances. zSome kachinas have a fearful appearance which threaten children who are acting badly.

8. The Transformation The initiation rites during the Powamu ceremony

9. The Powamu Ceremony zIt is the first major ceremony of the kachina season. zThe children are taught many new things about their culture. zThey undergo ritual whipping. zDuring the conclusion of the ceremony at night in a dance a major “transformation” takes place.

10. The Kiva

11. Transformation zThe children hear the kachinas approaching and the kachina father invites them to come into the kiva to dance. zAs the kachinas descend the ladder the children see for the first time the kachinas without masks. zFurthermore, the kachinas were male relatives of theirs.

12. The Disenchantment zThe children begin to question their reality. zHowever, this demonstrates to the children that things are not what they appear. zThere is more to reality than meets the eye. zThey learn: that a spiritual reality is conjoined with, and stands behind, the physical reality.

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