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Hopi Snake Dance |
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| The Snake Dance is a ritual performed by the Snake and Antelope societies of the North American Hopi. There are many stages to this ritual, including fasting and preparing the altars. Four days are spent collecting 50 to 60 snakes. On the 16th day of the festival, performers catch snakes in their teeth, and dance. The day after the ceremony the snakes are returned to their natural environment to spread the word that the Hopi are in harmony with the spiritual and natural world. | ||||||
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| Hopi; Native Americans of North America; Snake Dance; Folk Dance | ||||||
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