The rites performed before this screen were of a very simple nature,
and one of the most important was the scraping of the seeds from the
lower part into a tray after certain prayers and other observances. To
the seeds in the basket was added a small quantity of raw cotton taken
from the top of the screen, which was then carried out of the kiva.
The ceremony before the screen is interpreted as a prayer to _Alósaka_
for rain, snow, fertilization of seed, and abundant harvests,
symbolized by the figures on it and the rites performed before it.
These ceremonies are very appropriately introduced in connection with
those of the Rain-cloud people, since both came from the south and were
brought by related clans.[14]