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Arctic Studies Center
Yup'ik masks. Masked dancing traditionally took place during the long Alaskan winter in the ... the century. After Christian contact in the late nineteenth century, masked dancing was suppressed, and today it is not practiced as it ... . In museums the Yup'ik masks, many originally used in masked dancing as pairs, were exhibited as unique works of art and ...
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Our Beliefs: Looking Both Ways
Alutiiq spiritual life until the late 1800s. With masked dancing, songs, and whistles, Alutiiq people invited spirits from the sky ... burning herbs. Songs were sung to honor the ancestors and dancing followed, to the beat of drums and puffin beak rattles. ... the journey of the Three Wise Men. In some villages, comical masked dancers called maskalatalhít portray assassins sent by King Herod to ...
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McGuinn’s Folk Den
Protestant communities have always regarded the fiddle as the devil's instrument and dancing as downright sinful. Faced with such a religious prejudice for socializing, young people of the ... ``play-party,'' in which all the objectionable features of a square dance were removed or masked so that their grave elders could approve. No instruments were permitted - the dancers sang and ...
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Kodiak Island, Alaska - Official Visitors Guide - Alutiiq Masks
A long headed masked was a sign of power and authority. A whistling mask could conjure sprits. Following ceremonies ... annual masquerade ball. Others, disguised with masks and odd clothing, travel from house to house dancing. Hosts provide refreshments and try to guess the identity of their visitors, who must quit ...
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Dance & Performance in San Jose, CA | 'Romeo and Juliet' at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
Photograph by Robert Shomler Masked Feelings: Romeo (Maykel Solas) encounters Juliet (Karen Gabay) at the Capulet Ball. True Romance ... masquerade ball "disguised" in red accessories, another clever bit of choreography has him and Juliet dancing gaily over the grand floor while party guests chat, offer toasts, ladle punch in ...
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National Geographic Traveler Magazine
The music grew louder with each verse. The teachers joined the ceremony, singing and dancing. The school principal quieted the children, opened the box of books, and introduced me. Students ... more prominent temples in Angkor Wat. The heavily tinted windows of the vintage Toyota Corolla masked the Cambodian landscape, and the driver insisted they remain closed the entire day in a ...
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REVIEW: Sarah McLachlan -- The Freedom Sessions
Years. On the FS version the vocals dominate, her voice is less masked by the rhythm section. The catlike calls convey a sense of a ... which dances with her voice and grounds it. It is suitable for dancing in the kitchen with your favourite pet. But I think the ... party with plenty of red lubricant and uncorkings. It is perfect for dancing lovers into bedrooms after the last non-lover guests leave, in a ...
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Qoyllur Rit’i, Peru
(Sallnow) “Masked, costumed, and elaborately choreographed ritual dance is a tradition of great antiquity throughout the Andean ... directed toward caring for and assisting the dancers, whose duties call for almost constant nocturnal dancing, and accompanying the image of the Christ of Qoyllur Rit’i in his outdoor procession ...
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