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These dancers were a different variety of Indian from the ones I showed you last week. These are members of one of North Carolina's eight recognized tribes (though I couldn't tell you which ones) and were participants in the 13th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration in downtown Raleigh last November. I didn't get there early enough to see the two young women perform, but the flashing feet in the second photo belong to one of the two men performing "Fancy Dance", a non-traditional dance whose purpose is just what the name implies. To be fancy. And it is!
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What wonderful costumes, Mojo! I'm so glad you shared these with us. I love the fancy footwork in hte second post.
Happy Blue Monday...
Sheila :-)
Beautiful costumes! Happy Blue Monday ~ Susan
These are some FANTASTIC captures! My children are 50% Cree. It brings us joy to see that the arts are still be appreciated and practiced. Thanks for sharing this.
I have to agree with The Quintessential Magpie. That second photo is amazing. The...leaves or perhaps a receipt or chewing gum wrapper...whatever they are lead perfectly to the feet. I also love how parts of the costume are blurred by motion while others are still.
Beautiful pictures the colors are so bright and vivid
I loved your post and the dancers.
Happy Blue Monday and have a lovely day.
Colorful costumes. Great idea for a post. Happy Blue Monday.
Love the headresses. I've always wanted to attend an American Indian celebration.
Stems from my first love - when I was five Chief Running Bear from the Wild West Show at the Catskill Game Farm in upstate NY promised to marry me when I grew up. I fell hopelessly in love an carried his photograph everywhere I went for the next year.
As colorful as us, real Indians! :D
I saw their dances and all in Arizona, such a nice bunch, respectful and smiling. Good one Mojo.
Great pictures! Quite a bit different than the fancy dress you see on the plains.
Great shots! I am jealous I had a chance to go to a Pau Wau and see the dancing and festivities with my daughters girl friend but could not get the time off from work!
Wait a minute, Robin, he promised to marry me .. but he wasnt from the same tribe so my parents broke us up ...
Oh hi Mojo! Good shot.
Happy Blue Monday! Those costumes are beautiful...great pics!
Fabulous pictures! Their costumes are just wonderful. This was a great theme for blue Monday.
♥, Susan
What wonderful and colourful costumes! Thanks for sharing them on this Blue Monday.
Blessings,
Sandi
Such pretty and colorful costumes...great post..
Love the dancer. The feet and the movement of the fringe or whatever it is, is fantastic.
I love both shots, but the first one is my favorite, the way the girls look.
Lovely!
Beautiful costumes! Children in Western NY do an entire year of American Indian studies, mostly on local tribes, and I remember it being one of our most interesting social studies sections.
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Beautiful clothing. Fancy indeed!
The costumes are exquisite. Happy Blue Monday!
Sweetie
Fancy dance! Love it! I always enjoy their costumes too!
Those are very elabort costumes!
Wonderful photos! The costumes are amazing!
Great shots, Mojo!!
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