AUGUST 5-7, 2011 |
GALLUP, NEW MEXICO |
Navajo Museum Library and Visitors Center |
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Entrance to the Navajo Museum, with monument dedicated to the Navajo Code Talkers and Window Rock in the background. |
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Click on this picture to read the plaque. |
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Hoop Dance |
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Native American Hoop Dance is a form of storytelling dance incorporating anywhere from one to 30 hoops as props. It is generally performed by a solo dancer with many hoops. During the dance, shapes are formed in storytelling ritual such as the butterfly, the eagle, the snake, and the coyote, with the hoop symbolizing the never-ending circle of life. |
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