"The session led off with a general discussion of clown songs and the now extinct clown society. Since the informant was a noted clown in his earlier years, he was able to comment on the nature of the texts of these songs and the way in which the songs were composed."
"This takes place during the early winter and involves the making of special prayer feathers which are distributed to the people of the villages as a symbol of good tidings, and a successful and long life. The recipients take the feathers to the numerous Hopi shrines where they pray to the deities.
"The feathers are made by members of the soyal society (soyalowmka). Eagle, road-runner, and turkey are used."
