The Navaho War Dance: A Brief Narrative of Its Meaning and PracticeExplains the meanings and customary forms of the Navajo war dance, including information on the drums and rattle sticks, the progression of the dance through each of its three days, and the different roles of the various participants. |
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... Taos pueblo the earth and its vegetation was covered with blood and unfit for human habitation . Mar- riage even was unsafe . So they hired Black God to per- form the War Dance Ceremonial in order to remove the effects of blood . Women ...
... Taos pueblo the earth and its vegetation was covered with blood and unfit for human habitation . Mar- riage even was unsafe . So they hired Black God to per- form the War Dance Ceremonial in order to remove the effects of blood . Women ...
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... Taos Pueblo . They merely encirlced each warrior beginning with the leader down the entire line , then back to the leader again . The dancing girls of the present day represent these two girls of the legend , but nowadays each girl ...
... Taos Pueblo . They merely encirlced each warrior beginning with the leader down the entire line , then back to the leader again . The dancing girls of the present day represent these two girls of the legend , but nowadays each girl ...
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The Navaho War Dance: A Brief Narrative of Its Meaning and Practice Berard Haile No preview available - 2019 |
The Navaho War Dance, a Brief Narrative of Its Meaning and Practice ... Berard 1874-1961 Haile No preview available - 2021 |
The Navaho War Dance: A Brief Narrative of Its Meaning and Practice Berard Haile No preview available - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
attack the ghost bark basket beats the pot Big Fly Black Dancers black tallow blackened blood booty taken bowstring buckskin cover bush juniper leaves carries the stick cedar charcoal chin cigarette circle concluded Constellation Corn Beetle crow bill daub decorate drummer east emetic enemy's ghost enter the hogan exchange gifts FACING THE HOGAN feathers foreign four first songs girl selected Gourd Ladle grama grass hair hands Hard Flint Boys leader loop matter of fact medicine Monster Slayer native rattle Navaho ceremonials NAVAHO WAR DANCE night patient patient's party Pleiades pollen pot drum preparation Pueblo rattle stick receiver's camp red ocher red tallow scalp shooter shade shelter shoulder bands side singer sings slain enemies slip knot smokehole song and prayer squaw stick carrier stick receiver stick receiver's party strew ashes sunwise sway-singing Tail Songs takes Taos Taos Pueblo tribe unraveling vahos vegetation vomiting women wristlets