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Indian Ceremonies and Dancing
Dancing
• THE BRAVE DANCE (CHIEF DANCE)
• Sun Dance
• RAIN DANCE
Ceremonies
• Pipe ceremony
• Fire ceremony
• Wedding ceremony
Common features
• dances and songs passed down through many generations
• the use of a traditional drum• praying with the pipe• Offerings• fasting• ceremonial piercing of skin
THE BRAVE DANCE (CHIEF DANCE)
• Religious ritual before war• Aim: Protection of the warriors,
success in battles• Guardian spirits: assist individuals or
the entire community• invitation, dedication of food and
tobacco to the manidog• FEAST,SINGING, DANCING
THE BRAVE DANCE (CHIEF DANCE)
• Recitation of war exploits
• Other aims:
• bountiful harvest of wild rice
• avert inclement weather (severe winter)
Sun Dance
• Upper Plains and Rocky Mountain areas
• Annual ceremony: performed at the summer solstice
• Eagle is a central symbol: brings body and spirit together in harmony
• the sun: offers personal sacrifice as a prayer for the benefit of one's family and community.
RAIN DANCE
• performed by agricultural peoples (in the southwest)
• EXTREMELY DRY SUMMERS• AIM: ASK SPIRITS OR GODS TO SEND
RAIN• DURING PLANTING SEASON • BEFORE CROPS WERE HARVESTED• WHEN rain was desperately needed• BOTH MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPATED
RAIN DANCE
• Wearing of large headdresses or masks• Accessories: • paint on the body• Beads• animal skins• Horse and goat hair• Feathers• embroidered aprons• jewelry
Rain dance
• moving in a zigzag pattern
• tribes in the southwest:
• Puebloan, Hopi, Zuni, apache
• Other: cherokee
Pipe ceremony
• sacred ritual • connecting physical and spiritual
world• Pipe: link between the earth and the
sky• Prayer in physical form• Fire: source of life• Using of Different pipes
Fire ceremony
• Performed every full moon
• Bring Something to burn: Get rid from past
• Prayer request of something new
• Pictures, drawings for the past or for the newness
Fire ceremony
• Forming a circle around the fire
• Call in support from divine sources
• GOD, Spirit, the Universe, the Archangels, Saints, Guardian Angels
• starts and ends with a prayer
Wedding ceremony
• Lavish preparations
• accompanied by:
• lots of entertainment, fun, colorful dresses, jewelry, music and dance
Wedding ceremony
• arrival of the 'Baraat• Formal procession including relatives
of the groom• AARTI: RITUAL PERFORMED BY THE
MOTHER OF THE BRIDE• Jaimala ceremony: exchange of
garlands• wedding gifts and congratulations
Wedding ceremony
• Exchanging of vows
• slokas (hymns) with the priest
• 'Phera' or 'saat phere' ritual
• knot is tied with the bride's dress and the groom's dress
• they move around the ceremonial fire for seven times
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