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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Tribal Dancin'

To follow up on yesterday's post, I attended an Indian Market and Southwest Showcase about a week and a half ago. I have really been meaning to go to a pow wow to see real tribal dances - I'm intrigued with all of that. So this was an opportunity to get a small taste of it in the meantime.

This first guy was doing some drum stuff with a few other guys - I love his braids! All I could think of was Dances With Wolves and the word "tatonka"!

Then the big flashy dances started - I LOVED the drums, costumes and music. SO NEAT!

The detail on the outfits was incredible....

This dance had some of the performers in weird skull masks - it looked scary! If I were a little kid, I would've been crying!

This next one involved fire - VERY cool (I'm probably a closet pyro or something - it intrigues me!).

This guy was doing fire tricks - putting his feet over the flame and just holding them there. It was impressive!

Here he is....."not" getting burned by the flames!

This guy was towards the end - he did some music with a special Indian flute (that was featured in some movies).

He had a very strong presence - kind of creepy in a way......

But the dancers that he introduced were amazing and their costumes were stunning!

Never a dull moment - they wouldn't stay still for one single second so I could get a non-blurry shot!

Then this guy did some 'hula hoop' tricks, as I call them. Very neat!

This little guy was about 7-8 years old - in full costume, and dancing his little heart out. So cute.

It was a really beautiful set of performances - I'm glad I went!

But I still want to go to Oklahoma to see a real live pow wow. It's just so interesting to me.