Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Hopi Calendar- Month of May "Hakitonmuya"

A time for planting beans and other vine crops such as pumpkin, watermelon, and gourds. The word "Haki" means wait, to wait for warmer weather before the fields are planted with corn.
Men and women get involved this time of the season. Men are at the fields preparing to plant corn of all colors. Women are at home making use of the corn they had from the previous crop and making room for the new crop yet to come. Some uses for the corn that the men harvest is mainly for food as well as ceremonial purposes.

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