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Mato Winyan · 01-12-2002, 02:07 AM

Ok....guess I'll start...
I have been dancing for over 20yrs. now. I have always danced traditional. I have danced Northern until just this past year and have started to dance Southern. The first thing I noticed was the difference in how women did their fans. Northern women would raise their fans on the honor beats while the southern girls would lower their heads and take steps in towards the drum then back out.
The next thing I noticed, were the differences in the breastplates. The longer single one for the Northern and the shorter double for Southern.
These are just a couple of the things I have noticed. Anybody else notice any differences?

01-12-2002, 02:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Gangster of Love Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,497 Blog Entries: 4	Ok....guess I'll start... I have been dancing for over 20yrs. now. I have always danced traditional. I have danced Northern until just this past year and have started to dance Southern. The first thing I noticed was the difference in how women did their fans. Northern women would raise their fans on the honor beats while the southern girls would lower their heads and take steps in towards the drum then back out. The next thing I noticed, were the differences in the breastplates. The longer single one for the Northern and the shorter double for Southern. These are just a couple of the things I have noticed. Anybody else notice any differences? __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume Last edited by Mato Winyan; 01-12-2002 at 02:20 AM.