Kaaʾindai Siiʾ-bilh Ghidaashn aScalp Dance, Victory Dance"The scalp dance (kantai si buʟ yitac, dead-man head for dance), was the emotional climax of Kato warfare." (Loeb, p.17)
"The victory ceremony, danced in line in the dance house with the head of a corpse that had been pidled in two, and the preservation of the " scalp "—probably the entire skin of the head—were substantially like Yuki customs." (Kroeber, 1925, p.156)
"When the time arrived for the scalp dance, the scalper took the trophy into the dance house. A woman who had lost a relative in the war first took the object in her teeth, bit it, and danced with it dangling from her mouth. After this all the relatives who had suffered bereavement danced with the scalp, tossing it from one to another while they danced. They sang a taunting song: ha no a, no hi ya, ha no hi ya, ho hanen. nañ ciñcone, your mother is well, ta ciñcone, your father is well, nonuñ ciñcone, your brother is well, tece ciñcone, your sister is well. nahitac tele hi anintele, you-are-going-back soon you will-be-all-right." (Loeb, p.18)
synSghaaʾ-bilh NidaashScalp DanceSiiʾbilh NidaashScalp DanceSiiʾbilh NidaashScalp Dancereg.siiʾbiiʾteeʾaangsevered scalp4.2.4Dance4.8.3War
comp. ofkaaʾindaicorpse (by violent death)*siiʾheadgh..daashdanceSource forms: kantai si buʟ yitac

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