Ahoppa Awan Tewa—Zuñi celebration held towards the end of October (the name means “the dead their day”). Food for the dead is thrown on the house fire or carried to a “wide ditch” on the riverside. At nightfall, boys go about town in groups; at each door – step they make the sign of the cross and say a Mexican prayer, or polasenya. In return, the boys are given presents of bread or meat. The Zuñi believe this day is completely a Zuñi tradition.

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