Many of the prominent religious exercises took place in it.

The estufa on special occasions became transformed into a temple for the clan who had reared it.
From the depths of this structure there came a series of dull sounds like beats of a drum.

The youngsters stopped short, and looked at each other in surprise.
"The new house," whispered Okoya, "which the Corn clan have built here is empty, yet there is somebody in its estufa.

What may this mean ?" "Let us look into it," eagerly suggested Shyuote.
"Go you alone!" directed the elder brother.

"I will walk on, and you can overtake me by-and-by." That suited Shyuote.