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Show Nees, Aust 2,2085 DAILY BYORBRAIN HERALD ie 3 A PAGE FOR KIDS, CLASSROOMS AND CREATIVITY Kids, share your artwork: The Daily Herald is looking for children and teens to contribute drawings for BYOBrain, our weekly kids’ pagein the MondayLife & Style section. If you have piece of artwork you’dlike to have published, please mail it to Jessica Eyre at the Daily Herald, 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah, 84603. You can also drop it by the Herald's office at the same address.Please include your name, age, school, year in school, and what city youlivein on the back of the drawing or on a separate piece of paper. Please also include a phone number where wecan contact you (this numberwill not be printed). | ROBIN TINAY SALLIE) Akron BeaconJournal Woodenspools ure usedto createthis doll in the style of Hopi kachinadolls. ; HopiIndians use wooden kachinadoll to honor their ancestral spirits Kathy Antoniotti the religious beliefs of the tribe. Young boysare indoctriKachinas (pronounced kah CHEEnuhs)are the ancestral spirits of the Hopi, a tribe of the Pueblo Indians wholive in villages in northeastern Arizona. The Hopi believe kachinasactas intermediaries with God to keep the tribe safe, healthy and morally on the right course. Each July. the kachinas leave Earth and returntotheir mountain homesafter having helped mankind survive vet another year. The kachinas leaveat the end of the Festival of Niman Kachina,alsocalled the Going Awayofthe Gods. It's time. They've beenre- Skye Clayton, Age 9 ' CW We ay 4 \l Vx ( sponsible for the welfare of the tribe, whichincludes producing rain and sunforcrops. curing diseases and punishing ; ME AWAY) Koweye V lawbreakers,since their arrival last winter \ During the Niman Kachina \ Festival, masked'dancers. who representthe spirits. perform mer" Nip manytimeseach dayin the village square, or plaza, where Hopi womengive themgrain as thanksfor anothersuc- cessful harvest. Hopi priests emerge from an underground roomcalled a kiva carrying Taylor. Best,Age12, Springville; Springville Middle School andhold represent those worn by kachina dancers. Each item. that accompaniesthe dolls displays the purpose that each kachinaspirit represents. Today. the Hopi make kachinastosell as a wayto earnincomeand teach the outside world of their culture. Kachinadolls have become popularcollector's items with tourists whopurchase themas souvenirs oftheirvisits to the AmericanSouthwest Use thesedirections written byGay Miller's fifth- and grade students a tew ‘ago. I found them at nce.k 12tn.net/indians: on the Web and used them to make asimpleversion of a kachinadol visit www.brow july.html if you wouldlike to learn more of the history of the Niman KachinaFestival. louds” of smoke. As the sun in the east, the dancers take theirleave as do the real thosein the photo. the proportionssimilarto sunset afterfinal prayers. About 300 individual kachi- Supplies youwill need »2 large. 2 medium and2 small woodspools (6total) orFebruary each yeur to as: craft foamto decorate nas are called forth during the PawamuFestival in January distinct personality and comes back to the world carrying different legends of Hopi history. They mayreturn in the formof menor animals, or as inanimate objects such as rocks, rain or clouds Forcenturies. Hopi men have been making small woodenfigures to represent kachinaspirits that they pres: ent to female children during religious ceremonies. While children sometimes play with the dolls, theyare not consid ered toys and areusedas wayto teach young women Elementary School are takenintothe kiva to become dancers themselves and learntheidentities of the kachinas. Originally, each kachina doll was carved from the weathered roots of a cottonwood tree, The objects they wear: Youcanuse any size spools for your kachina if you keep sist the living. Each onehas a Shellby Sundquist,Age 7, Springville; Brookside nated into the tribes’ religious beliefs at age 13. when they water, whichis sprinkled with a featherto symbolizerain. and a ceremonial pipe to make spirits, walking west into the “e [+ ee eee ee et ee §1 12-inch bead » Markers. feathers and » Low-temp glue gun Decorate each spoolwith markers. Glue the two largest spools togetherto formthe body Glue the medium-size spools to the bodyfor legs andthe smallest two spools to the sides for arms. Glue the bead (holeat the top and neck) head to the top, andaddfacial features witha black marker, Glue feathers. foam craft shapes and other items in the hole, and glue on anyitems you want to repre: sent your kachinaspirit to the end of the arms. This week in history: The first supermarket On Aug. 4, 1930, the United States’first supermarket opened, in Queens, N.Y The King Kullen Grocery Co, stocked more than 1,000 products, which customers could select for themselves insteadof asking a clerk be: hind a counter Ofcourse, supermarkets have grownsincethat time Thelargest of King Kullen’s 47 stores now stocks about Aho, MO iteed Kyra Maile, Ace 5, Orem Evan Dale Peterson, Age 10, American Fork; Forbes Elementary School . 40,000 products \ Le News oaper Sheelse,left, and Jennifer Chavez. 5-\war-old twins, pick oul yogurt at a grocerystore. |