Tuesday, 2 July 2019

What You Need To Know About Native American Pow Wows

By Rebecca Barnes


Everywhere you are situated in the world, you may have seen different ways of how people celebrate bigger events and bigger social gatherings. Many countries in the world celebrate holidays, festivals and the tradition of their ancestry. Have you ever thought about how other people celebrate their tribe? Perhaps, it could develop your curiosity. The celebration has always been a part of the culture of every tribe, ancestry, and customs. Today, the Native american pow wows have been a tradition among the Native American culture.

Celebrations like these are a way of maintaining and preserving the tribe. Like the powwow, it has served the purpose for the newer generation to still acquire and possess the rich heritage of American Indians. It is an effective way to get involve and be part of the culture through social gatherings, singing and dancing, and tribal activities. It has allowed the renewal of friendship and engaging in a new one. This also served as a method to renew their culture.

Through history as to how and when it started, there was never really an exact detail as to how it boomed just like that. People are left with no answers until today. The rise of powwow had helped people to be cured and healed with their certain illnesses through spiritual existence, as they believed. This is typically recognized during the summer and spring seasons.

Believers are among the individuals who started with such tradition. It was their way to honor their creator and to acquire knowledge and intelligence as well. It eventually nurtured through the ages, and now, it evolved to something relevant that still aims to maintain the solemnity of the ceremony as to how it used to be. Many performers have engaged in dancing and singing, and through this, people were also offered the opportunity to socialize and be friends with others.

Ceremonies would typically include dancing, social connection, food, chants, instrumental situations through the beat of the drums, and the healing. Fortunately, this tradition still exists today. The natives have continued this tradition for the future generation to experience it on their own. Powwows are mostly celebrated in areas where there is a high population of Native American tribes. However, some powwows would provide educational lessons for those people who are situated in different areas around the country.

The natives perform their given pieces with a hint of religion, cultural and storytelling concepts. These performances have evolved and are now part of the competition. Some festivals would last just a day, but powwows would reach up to three days consecutive. It has been consistent that over one hundred thousand watchers would wait for this ceremony every year. This is the best indication of how rich their culture is.

Ceremonies would also include a dancing tradition that is associated with pleasing and attractive clothing. Such as the straight dance that has intricately tailored southern dance clothing. This reassures solidity, as everything looks matched and completely planned. There are also cloth dancing, fancy shawl dancing, fancy feather dancing, grass dancing, gourd dancing and jingle dancing. What makes these extraordinary is how they would tailor the clothing with complicated detailing. Each dress has its effect, objective and the differences in origins.

Today, only a few tribes have developed the practice of celebrating their culture. Festivals today are mostly done through parties with loud music, drinks, and food, which is the total opposite of how natives would celebrate their culture. Although not all understand why these people continue what they have started, it is where natives gain pride and abundance and that is through celebrating their own culture.

Keep and protecting the heritage and culture of a tribe or a place is something that only a few individuals have taken seriously these days. Modern living has allowed a lot of people to take this situation as something irrelevant. It is important to consider these aspects as this will also let other people engage in your identity and beliefs. There is so much to discover out there than just settling for what you already know.




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