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Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-24 | Page 3 | Heavy Rains Fall after Priests of Hopi Indians Hold Snake Dance

Type issue
Date 1929-08-24
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Heavy Rains Fall after Priests of Hopi Indians Hold Snake Dance
Type article
Date 1929-08-24
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text H Heavy aVy Rains Fall After her Priests opi i Indians Hold Snake Dance W WALPI ALPI Ariz Aug 24 2 ARain AP- AP Rain fell copiously rafter after the priests off of the Hop f Indiana Indian chanted weirdo weird PrayerS her herp st S- S o night In tt the nn- nn cleat clent tribal 5 ceremony emony of ot the I dan dance e. e Th The downpour downour left the tho fields s refreshed wh and n glistening under t to to day days day's s warm sun nun One OneS object of the rain nake CC Is tb li-tb briny A. A AS- AS th the Prophets of f the tribe gathered on on a ne nearby rb mera to raise their y voices VOIce IC 8 to th the heavens heaven with the i f fading ot of dOl day black thunder clouda came put out put of ot th the cu Fork Forked d bf oti lightning darU cd ed across the c. and gentle rain p pattered t cred do down n. n 9 on the bronze skins or lot the the halt laif naked Baked dancers rl before JonS tho the rUes tHes had long progressed d. d Despite thi the QI continued unbroken for tor the ewe ewe- mony is at once the prayer of the tho sufferer and nd th the tho Joyous song sens of thanksgiving Ithe I The methodical Indians went through their activities without I haste I. I te j bodies drip drip- plug pins with the life giving waters sent sent them thein they b believed ed by the great gods below the tho earth Their sputtering tires fires cast cut a a. dim flickering flicker flicker- In ing JI light ht on tho gr scene Fro From the the dark dark inner Jo the dancers d darted carrying in their waving hands blinds and In their mouths mouths' th the th sacred d forms forms' of ot writhing ve venomous ye- ye sn snakes lk s. s To o the monotonous beating of ot tom tom-t tom toms ms they went through Intricate and tat fantastic steps The he dance nc once once over the snakes were wore sued ed t tor ih four ot of the desert again 1
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