Pueblo dancer

About Pueblo Dancer Designs

Every pueblo that has an active kiva also has one or more active clans among the villagers. Each of those clans has its own part to play in the kiva rites of the village, and that usually includes participating in some of the sacred dances and ceremonies that occur through the year. For most of these dances, the participants don the costume (and mask or tablito, if there is one) of the spirit they are representative of in the dance. The tradition of depicting those spirits goes back more than 1500 years, to the early days of the Twin Warrior stories. Today, some pueblos allow their artists to make images of those dancers and some do not.

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