Moe Hora Hia

Collected by Kenneth Emory from the people of the Tuamotus. The Polynesian title and associated chant are difficult to translate, but according to Emory the straight string that meanders through the four diamonds represents the path of a ghost.

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Step 3 - 1 picks up double 2n and draws it through the 1 loop, which slips off 1 as 1 returns.

Release double 5 loop and extend.

5, from below, removes double 1 loop by hooking down double 1n as 1 releases its double loop.