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The Hopi Salako Katsinas-male and female-appear during the Salako Ceremony, a ceremony that is held very infrequently, maybe every decade or so.  The katsinas are brought into position by Eototo and Hahai-i-Wuhti, and specific locations are marked as circles of cornmeal by Eototo.  The male and female Salako Katsinas rest in these circles bowing and dipping until beckoned to another set of circles by Hahai-i-Wuhti.  They advance one at a time to their new positions.

Read more about this basket here..