Show indian tan dances danus li like ke revivals s cieni ceremonies arc lilly oatly religious in in nature i iddinn cenemo ere 1 matood by other fa tho tie in SDI 1 I is g have often been waif 1 J N ll 11 lipitt 4 institution en 11 ill so u hii u li gullible 10 0 o believing rl I 1 wan lt it in no rare bilut witness to appear at r r U dep t lit hilvrin hil tring irin end slid to testify av grew 1 11 ll of f indian laical t dg ir later 1 it that be he has never mable rites the tie milte man must 11 tile li it hern 01 ti lid guilly 1 n ink OI 01 ai atlon 1 n be lie ol observe servel the tile in IL 1 all A I 1 1 f 11 in tnie some ethnologists it tie ani 1 trend indian cenemo onit only the gyrations no r ri m I 1 painted agea Soine tImes they at lot rf re aln in from sl loInz their o 0 ml 1 a orn sometimes they ebl ad tile india indiana jig seriously one nian man who was mas present at tit it injo snake dance brew grew righteously mgt at the right sight of venomous j r tike it handled liy by the dancers cre who eli placed them in their mouth tea ben one of the reptiles was laid told on J ground the visitor impulsively took la ad foai PP pop bottle hottle and tried to kill it white man dian was the Indian acuest it I 1 the he snake represented some re fm symbol to the dancers and it il tj tor for the time being an object of aeration guest as be he was the rash iwilder der jeopardized his life show reverence to nature III ier blewitt says that the ceremonies pm t the indian are incorrectly called W am no people have held a more em attitude toward nature and BI master of life than the indiana indians d d BI aai mys lly their symbolism they tit op up a system of associations so 80 at when they saw the full moon or MF il el budding ludding trees be the ripe corn or ua ht forest animals they thought of the 11 bt send ads and the tile significance of those 6 S la in life considering their I 1 lack advantages the indians put into I 1 an ail astonishing amount of truth 11 birg their unhorse all the indian regard regards the tribal rites ai na all the symbols that goes with 4 itan eal with the same respect that any i i her race feels toward its religious to iSter rances A typical feast Is the 41 planting ceremony which d akes place in the spring the women ii 4 gerh dramatize the planting proc ad a ti th I 1 eing sing the songs descriptive of ch men lien of the tribe preach and 4 a ell the others to treat one another lii illy to abold lying and gossip to 11 peaceably and to be thankful I 1 il if or their blessings L there Is always a feast and dancing I 1 lithe close of all festivals they be id jere eve that the master blaster of life seeing ali people dance nee knows that his achl aten aret are content with what lie has loae done for them and so lie ile Is pleased it I 1 is tilt ft 11 ll 1 I if n IT gitig i nil 0 i a mil nill it 0 lip ii fill it 1 liili hot tin ili lull UK tin it p is I 1 illig A CN gily purl part 1 III I II 11 ili its mr 0 if wn uti r c lillard iiii rc the lip wall n to 1 thing in ili i tir voi n o 0 ii I 1 it Is ii diore nr neu ritto i mi ill art t tu a re r maski masks often 1 vu of lii full 1114 earlix ii liy prinle em 1 in it 1 ical iC nl v I 1 r I 1 stan lini nini ail dilill 1144 H 1 if lw I 1 lie 1 l ii it t if im ra i t tile in linns idin 1 11 of aft inline imin rf ollie bill c f hut but rt present 10 lo tip xa 1 q is vl 1 bring brin 11 I 1 indi if 11 t i I 1 P of anak lie 10 file of lit it artim it f tile dispose inbuilt t ami t by ily that ulal on NM N conri daj masked inen go into celi atil jut ut out the fire clenn imily the anti light a 4 alv ire fire tills 1 Is not a pen cn p rite UK ih ditties of hp the ol 01 I 1 fire anto hn it collo coll collrin ril wame mile matt reals bild gernia for in tit nth anti lean pan in ing the fireplace flipi fir ellace lace is 1 n 1 phath tin re IN I 1 no doubt that a i nip dances of primitive lime included 1 tirca which the white twin regards as reprehensible the indian indians practice of sloshing ln liln themselves and one an other with kith during durin the eun sun dance has been criticized so ha has the reek lees less handling of snakes both harm lees less and venomous at the tile snake dance Cli charge arges of immorality in con lection with some rites have also been made the indians themselves toy any that few if any dancers dan cera cut themselves now in the eun sun dance the idea back i 0 of the cutting was to disbow courage sixteen officials als of a pueblo tribe recently denied dented the implication of im moral practice practices in their ceremonials by laying saying our dances are drama opera and poetry the womanhood of our pueblo are a as sacred to us u ae as the symbolic dance we ere are trying to defend and preserve i this statement wa was made la in a petition hat that the ancestral dances might continue without interference from the government the indian Is sold said to be losing his racial identity but many tribes still cling to the ancestral faith and ceremonies |