Pow Wow

  On March 10, 2012, I went to Pow Wow twice at 1:00 and at 6:00 held in Willamette University at sparks. Pow wows are the Native American people’s way of meeting to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old and making new friendships.

  When Pow Wow starts there were three people, who were wearing bells in their legs and eagle feathers, which were designed eagle tales with their back, had something to smoke and participants, who lined up in a circle, were pouring the smoke over their body with their hands. I think pouring the smoke means receiving spiritual power or cleansing the body. The traditional dancers who men were wearing unique eagle costume and bells their legs like the first three people and women were wearing the dress ornamented with many jingles or the large colorful clothes looked like birds. There had common step called eagle step and different dance depend on the costume. The dancer wearing eagle costume danced eagle dance which looked like eagle, wearing jingles dress stepped sunnily  to ring the jingles, which sounds like running water, and wearing large clothes spread their cloth like wings. They were dancing with traditional Indian music which played with a drum and voice for some people.  They were a perfect match for each other. All of these were mixed, I felt some little afraid and big impression. Look at this picture. I ate Fry Bread, which was topped with butter and jam, was very sweet and good.

And he was a one of traditional dancers. He was wearing eagle costume also he was very funny.