Why? I love ritual of any sort and as a Canadian, I've been long fascinated with aboriginal culture and appalled at our treatment of same. Furthermore, the book I am doing a final revision on, has a PowWow. Yes, I made it up. Oh, I researched but nothing is the same as actually being in the centre of something you are trying to capture.
I now realize that I got more right than I should have expected and I'm excited to go back in and enrich my writing with my experience yesterday. I will not be gratuitous with it though. In other words, I wrote what I wrote as it served the story - I am not serving truth but the story - but I think I can do a better job of both as I incorporate this new knowing.
Here are a few photos from the Grand Entry...
7 comments:
That would be really cool to experience!
That must have been an excellent expereience, thought the pictures were also excllent.
Yvonne.
Hi Alex - yes it was a great opportunity. I think there are more PowWows than people realize - check it out - there might be one near you!
Yvonne - thank you - it was a good chance for me to check details and just enjoy the whole thing.
Living in Oregon, I attended several Indian festivals,, including one in a log cabin/lodge. Native American Indian culture is so amazing.
Nice photos.
Diane - I agree - I find it endlessly facinating.
Thanks Richard - I can use them as an inspiration for my work and I got a few that I will enlarge...
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