Native Americans
If you see a ,,little people" you weren't allowed to talk about it for 7 years!
After you die, continous as a ghost.
FIRE CEREMONY & STOMP DANCE
Fire is a gift from the Great Spirit.
It separates man from animals, makes civilization possible.
A sacred fire- lit tended by priest usually of oak wood, at bottom of pit.
Ceremony:
Sunrise-fire is lift by the priest, sit talking.
¤aboutimportant issues + women prepare food for the day
Afternoon ceremonies -> to love all mankind , stichball game
Sundown-ceremony cief lights ceremonial pipe: ,,sacrifice meat to Sacred
people"
Stomp dance: flat sunken area with seats on all 4 sides: around the sacred fire.
Moved in counter- clockwise direction ..............
Rythm is hypnotic and spiritual.
WINDY MOON (March)
New year begins , prepare for planting
FLOWER MOON (April)
Time of many births, blooming of medicinal (spiritual) plants.
Rituals to ,,Long Man" (spirit of rivers)
,,Knee deep dance of the water frog"
PLANTING MOON (May)