MESA VERDE: Kiva
Hopi word for ceremonial room. Underground chamber, may have been used to conduct healing rites or to pray for rain, luck in hunting, or good crops. A roof of beams and mud covered each kiva, with a hole in the center for access. The small hole in the floor is a sipapu, the symbolic entrance to the underworld. ********* Palabra hopi que significa sala de ceremonias. Cámara subterránea, podría haber sido usada para realizar rituales curativos o para pedir lluvia, suerte en la caza, o buenas cosechas. Cada kiva estaba cubierta con un techo de beams y barro, con un agujero en el centro como acceso. El pequeño agujero en el suelo es un [i]sipapu[/i], la entrada simbólica al inframundo
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