The father then rises and the people untie him, whereupon he first salutes the women with the usual greeting, "Kwira!" or "Kwireva!" Now they all go into the house, and the man makes a short speech thanking them all for the assistance they have given him, for how could he have gotten through his work without them?
They have provided him with a year's life (that is, with the wherewithal to sustain it), and now he is going to give them tesvino.

He gives a drinking-gourd full to each one in the assembly, and appoints one man among them to distribute more to all.
The same ceremony is performed after the ploughing and after the harvesting.

On the first occasion the tied man may be made to carry the yoke of the oxen, on the second he does not carry anything.
The southern Tarahumares, as well as the northern Tepehuanes, at harvest time, tie together some ears of corn by the husks, two and two.

The ears are selected from plants which have at least three or four ears, and after a while tesvino is made from them.

At the harvesting feast, the stalks of these plants are strewn on the ground, as well as stalks of squash plants, and over them the people dance kuvala.
The Tarahumare takes good care of his domestic animals and never kills one of them, unless it be for a sacrifice.