162 Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 16 - continued 5 interesting and entertaining night; Roger chose to read and sleep through the evening which appeared to bother the rest of us more than our hosts; we made a radio check at 8:00 and picked up a conversation from the Richfield before they moved up on the frequency; two men demonstrated the old style of singing for us - they sat facing each other with their tucked under legs almost touching each other - each of them covered his right ear with his right hand and with his elbow extended toward the other singer - staring directly at each other, they then began a chant-like song that had many rapid stops and starts, but both were always singing together; we were told that their sitting position and ear holding is such that they can concentrate both eyes and one ear on the other singer and thus stay with him and at the right pitch - the words of the song could not be translated verbatim, but snooke of love; when I inquired about this kind of singing on Kuria, I was told that only the elderly were taught to sing like this according to a custom; one old man then sang a solo which was another old love song; almost all of these songs were written in the old language which we were told went out about 50 years ago; we were then shown some ancient dances; first, one of the two previous singers put a wreath on his head, a lei around his neck and then put his legs under a mat - with the others singing he then danced by swaying his body, making movements with his hands and occasionally slapping the mat - this dance (as did many of them) slowly speeded up in rhythm and enthusiasm; next they performed a stick dance - they sat in two parallel rows facing each other about four feet apart - there were six pairs, only one pair was women who were on one end - holding a stick in each hand, they began singing and swaying from side to side, hitting each others sticks (those beside them and across from them) in rhythm - after each "verse" they would stop; (over)