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//Source(s): "The Bedbugs' Night Dance and other Hopi Sexual Tales," Collected, translated and edited by Ekkehard// Malotki. Published for the University of Northern Arizona by the University of Nebraska Press, 1995 page 367. "In the past when a Hopi wished to inform his fellow villagers of certain things, he would petition someone to make a public announcement on his behalf. At other times, a formal announcement could be made by the tsa'akmongwi, or official 'village crier.' "To broadcast his message,the crier always climbed on a rooftop. The opening formula of his announcement usually sounded as follows: 'Those of you people out there heed my words.' The conclusion was equally formalized: 'This is the announcement I was instructed to make known to you. That's about it.' Whenever the crier shouted out his announcement, he typically drew out the last word of each sentence. Eric Mankin (carapace@well.com)
 * Dead medium: Hopi town criers**
 * From: carapace@well.com (Eric Mankin)**