And the one that struck me is that or brought memories back
is the way all of them deal with Saints.
A lot of-- interesting Mexican culture, they kiss Saints.
And O'odham, they don't kiss the Saint.
They inhale it.
They breathe it in.
And so I wrote a little piece about that, the inhaling.
Inhaling in O'odham is hohowogĭ g, to sort of suck in air.
Hohowogĭ g Sa:nto.
I-hohowogĭ g gewkdag.
I-hohowogĭ g apedag.
Ab 'al cem o bei i:da i:bhei t o s-ke:gajk g m-doakag.
"Inhale the power of the Saint.
Inhale the strength.
Inhale the goodness.
With these small breaths, health and goodness will be your life."
And that's what they say.