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I ended up being the Head Gourd Dance this past weekend when the originally named person did not show. As I accepted the honor I had to try and remember everything that was expected of me since I had not danced in over ten years. As the dance started I noticed that I was the only person using the benches. Then I started to recall everyone else lately just coming and going as they pleased from the arena. I was taught that when the dance started, you didn't just come and go as you pleased. Just like what everyone is taught around the drum, once you were there you stayed there. You were permitted to leave if it was necessary but you didn't just come and go as you pleased. And you didn't go back and sit with the women on the outside of the arena, you stayed in the arena on the benches. Just like at Kiowa Black Leggings, once it started, you do not leave that arena.

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