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Those would be northern style cloth dancers. Southern cloth don't raise their fans, they bow.
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Lightningflash,
In Oklahoma - some Southern Cloth dancers do in fact raise their fans. I have a niece that does this when in buckskin or cloth. This was something that her grandmother did and has been passed to her. My daughter was also told to do this, but does not.
My late father-in-law told me that this was taken as a blessing, to be done in each of the four directions. My daughter does not raise her fan as she doesn't feel that she is of an age to do so.
There are several dancers, both cloth and buckskin, young and old, in Oklahoma that do this.
Just thought I would relay this info.......