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August is the month of Tala’paamuya, marking the start of the summer social dances for the Hopi; the Snake Dance being one of them. This particular dance is a part of the Snake-Antelope Ceremony to celebrate the beautiful summer season…
Continue readingConsidered the brothers of the Hopi people, snakes play an important and mysterious role in Hopi culture. One of the most well-known Hopi rituals, the Snake Dance is a rain ceremony held in late August. This dance is performed to…
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“An Indian dance is not a dance in the sense in which we use that term. It is a ceremonial, a symbolic representation, a prayer.”- Erna Fergusson, Dancing Gods (1931) Held annually at the end of August, the Snake Dance…
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