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went to a river or creek, and standing on the bank, sung the same verse again. They then plunged into the stream and continued under water as long as they could hold their breath. They then arose, and again plunged in as before, and thus seven times, and then supposed themselves cleansed from all the impurities of the night. [[citation:]] Nutsawi | went to a river or creek, and standing on the bank, sung the same verse again. They then plunged into the stream and continued under water as long as they could hold their breath. They then arose, and again plunged in as before, and thus seven times, and then supposed themselves cleansed from all the impurities of the night. [[citation:]] Nutsawi | ||
At night, or lying down to sleep they sung, or repeated the following prayer, viz. Sagohine, Kululatiyu..lu loi, kayeweoti, agutanuta, - | At night, or lying down to sleep they sung, or repeated the following prayer, viz. Sagohine, Kululatiyu..lu loi, kayeweoti, agutanuta, - Taline e, kululatiyu Kululoi, kayewoti, | ||
aqutanuto! Tsainei, Kululatiyu lu loi, Kayewoti, aquatanuta. Nokinei, Kululatiyu koloi, Kayewoti, aqulanuto. Sutulinei, Kululutey, kululoi, hayenioti, aqutanuto. Kuliqokinei, | |||
Kululutiyu, kululoi, Kaycuioti, aqutanuto. | |||
In English thus, Let my soul be in the first heaven. Let my soul be in the second heaven, and so to the seventh heaven. | |||
The first heaven was supposed to be as tops of the trees. The second, as high as the clouds and so on to the seventh, which was supposed to be | |||
the place where God resides. In each of these heavens, angels were supposed to dwell, attending to the various duties assigned them in the vast | |||
government of God. [[citation:]] Nutsawi | |||
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It is supposed, or feared that certain uncleanness maybe contracted during the night, while asleep, either f? witches or some other unknown cause; therefore most religious persons follow the following ceremony morning for their purification. On awakening sometime before day, they turned onto their fours?, and sung the following verse four
times { Ni na tu hu yi, Ku lu lo ti, Ha tlo so gu ti. They then devoted some time to meditation, and then sung the same verse again; and so on till day break. They then arose - went to a river or creek, and standing on the bank, sung the same verse again. They then plunged into the stream and continued under water as long as they could hold their breath. They then arose, and again plunged in as before, and thus seven times, and then supposed themselves cleansed from all the impurities of the night. citation: Nutsawi
At night, or lying down to sleep they sung, or repeated the following prayer, viz. Sagohine, Kululatiyu..lu loi, kayeweoti, agutanuta, - Taline e, kululatiyu Kululoi, kayewoti,
aqutanuto! Tsainei, Kululatiyu lu loi, Kayewoti, aquatanuta. Nokinei, Kululatiyu koloi, Kayewoti, aqulanuto. Sutulinei, Kululutey, kululoi, hayenioti, aqutanuto. Kuliqokinei, Kululutiyu, kululoi, Kaycuioti, aqutanuto.
In English thus, Let my soul be in the first heaven. Let my soul be in the second heaven, and so to the seventh heaven.
The first heaven was supposed to be as tops of the trees. The second, as high as the clouds and so on to the seventh, which was supposed to be
the place where God resides. In each of these heavens, angels were supposed to dwell, attending to the various duties assigned them in the vast government of God. citation: Nutsawi