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Family/Friend reunion. A place to have fun let go and get reaquainted. Thats it, nothing more. If it was actually meant for more you think we would have the snaggin goin on or the lip pointin contest or the 9s or any of that? Granted there are times within the reuion or what ever you want to call it that honor and respect must me showed above all but that goes all through life no matter where you go.
I'm glad you were taught alot from your father, now adays not many get the teachings handed down like that. But in many cultures its not the great things that make the people or their way of life the way it is.(If that makes sense) Like no adays many people want to be ndn and what not but they only want to learn the "cool" things and leave the rest, well its not the cool things that make us who we are. Its the whole package that makes a person and a people who they are. From what I've been told powwows were never meant to be spiritual or ceremonious. They were only gatherings for families, clans and or nations to come together and have a good time, maybe learn a few things from one another. With that being said we have to keep our selfs from fusing the two together(powwows/gatherings and ceremonies).
One thing that I don't quite understand is why the grounds are blessed. If you look at a powwow as being a gathering the only reason(s) I can find for blessing the grounds would be one of two things 1. In case an eagle feather is dropped, but in that case I can't help but wonder what is done when one might find an eagle feather while walking perhaps one that has been molted, I mean if no veterans are around how can a retreival dance be done? 2. Perhaps because of the drums being set in the middle or within the circle,but then again the drums never actually set physically on the ground.
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There should be a law against stupid people being able to breed!
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