ABSTRACT
Seligman, basing his account on the Koita informant, Ahuia Ova, distinguishes several kinds of public festivity. Thus he mentions the koriko, which was a distribution of food made by men only; the hekarai feast, which was the expression of the rivalry between two men and their supporters; the tabu, which was a feast given by an iduhu, accompanied by games; and the turia (Koita, ita) which was a mourning ceremony. Seligman describes much of the ceremonial associated with these events, and states in a different context that ‘dancing takes place at almost all feasts, and most dances are accompanied by songs and the beating of drums . . .’
