hakanyi

Updated: May 26, 2025

This ceremony was always performed by a certain group of medicine-men, called therefore Hakanyi Chayani, or Fire Shamans. The Hishtanyi Chayan was their official head, and he, with the four others belonging to the fire-eating crew, fasted rigorously for four days and nights.

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier - The Delight Makers