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Next page about poporo (it is starting to get exciting with so many pieces falling into place):

 

In H and P the texts do not continue on a new side at this location. Much of the parallel text in H is destroyed and therefore only the P glyphs are shown here: 
 
Pa9-42 Pa10-1 Pa10-2 Pa10-3 Pa10-4 Pa10-5
Pa10-6 Pa10-7 Pa10-8 Pa10-9 Pa10-10 Pa10-11
 
Pa10-1 (pare) marks a cardinal point we know, and therefore the poporo sign in Pa10-2 is located at the beginning of a new season.
 
There are two manu rere + poporo glyphs in P (and also in H), but a single one in Q. Therefore it is possible that the new season in H and P is different from that in Q. Other signs seem to confirm, e.g. is niu designed differently. In Q two main variants appear:
 
top two 'arms' open
Qb1-3 Qb1-19 Qb1-41 Qb2-8
all four 'arms' open
Qb5-125 Qb5-127 Qb5-203 Qa6-22
114 415 493 133
Pa3-3 Pa10-1 Pb9-33
115 531 1025
416 = 16 * 26 494 = 19 * 26 1
910 = 7 * 13 * 10
1024 = 2 * 2 * .... * 2 (10 times)

The connection between pare fading away (Pa10-1) and the complete disappearance (Pa10-5) has in between both rain (which causes the disappearance of the 'fire') - i.e. ua (Pa10-3) - and a 'spooky' old bird (Pa10-4).

In Q the upper 'arms' in niu are 'spooky' here and later also the lower 'arms' become 'ghosts'. The upper 'arms' we can conclude refer to the upper region of the sun and the lower to the watery moon.