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kachina

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Main Entry: ka·chi·na
Variant(s): also ka·tchi·na or ka·tci·na \kə-ˈchē-nə\
Function: noun
Etymology: Hopi qacína
Date: 1888

1 : one of the deified ancestral spirits believed among the Hopi and other Pueblo Indians to visit the pueblos at intervals
2 : one of the elaborately masked kachina impersonators that dance at agricultural ceremonies
3 : a doll representing a kachina


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