Show saw nothing pretty in hopi snake dance the only ceremonial ludlan indian dance of which I 1 know tile the date or approximately the date la Is the llope snake dance which comes in august near the last of the month mr writes la in adventure magazine the iloni themselves never know the exact late date until near the time os as it la Is fixed by the time when a shadow hits a ver versallia tallia point on the mesa the priests watch and when a certain shadow touches this particular spot then they know the dance must be held a certain number of 0 days day later this thin makes it vary from year to year by a few days this dance la Is held either at Ilo tevilla or though at times it occurs at or it Is the closing number of a nine day aay ceremonial which they believe brings train rain the snakes are caught and brought in after much mummery tito the whole ceremony Is a disgusting pagan rite where men hold live snakes tn in their jaws and RO go dancing around the plaza they drink an emetic of strong potency and all stand in a row and vomit violently over a cliff bah bab I 1 |