Music of the Indigenous Americans
As we went through Native Americans cultures, there was so much more that I wanted to look up. Especially when we went through the dances such as Pow-wow, and Fancy Dance. I wanted to search more about it and I found many other dances they perform, but what stood out to me was the Rain Dance. The Rain Dance is where women and men can participate in the ceremony unlike some dances where they perform separately. The ceremony is performed to ask the gods or spirits for rain that is needed for their crops. While the dances vary from tribe to tribe, accessories are often needed, some tribes wear large headdresses. Others just wear paint on the body, beads, animal skins, and etc. A common thing in the dresses or face paint is the color blue because it represents the winds, and the rain. Another thing is that these clothes are normally not worn outside of this ceremony. This dance also moves in a zigzag pattern rather than in a circular pattern like other ceremonies. (Information was found on...
