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Cabazon 27th Annual Powwow |
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Written by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
 Cabazon 27th Annual Powwow & Native American Festival
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, Ca
November 28-30, 2008
Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Allen Lawrence
A Proud and Traditional Gathering of Nations!
This weekend the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians hosted the 27th Annual
Powwow and Native American Festival. Indian Nations from all over North
America were represented. Every year the gathering of nations just gets
better and better. In ancient times Powwows were held in the spring to
celebrate new beginnings of life. It was also a time for Native Nations
to gather and sing, dance and make new friendships, renew old ones and
for young people to meet and court. Powwows also had religious purpose
for families to hold namings and honoring ceremonies. Powwows also had
social significance as it was a time to pass down oral histories and
tell the children of the deeds of their fathers, grandfathers and
grandmothers. The ceremony also was considered a prayer to the Great
Spirit. A circle is the pervasive formation for the Powwow. The dancers
are at the center of a circle with the drum circles around them and the
audience in a larger circle around all of the festivities.
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