C'hir histik “the milk sprinkling day”
C'hir histik “the milk sprinkling day”
May 15
It is the largest
Zhoshi day in terms of rituals and dancing. Prayers
at the Dewa sanctuary, uphill by the fathers of
the babies to be sprinkled with goat milk together with
their mothers. Down in the village a fire is lit with
juniper branches on a roof, walnuts and dry mulberries
are dropped on it, while a man holding a cup of goat
milk first sprinkles the goat sheds and Jes'tak Han
temple and then sprinkles all the mothers and babies for
purification. The ritual of s'is'au “women’s
purification with t'at'ori, a kind of thick flat
bread, performed by a man, also takes place on this day.
After sharing their food (walnuts and dry mulberries)
they all rush to the dancing places.
