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What is the special room for religious ceremonies calledfor the Navajo?
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What Was An Important Part Of Navajo Religious Ceremonies?
tred by the religious leader
Did Navajo's have clothes for ceremonies or special occasions?
yes they wear mocasins and clothes out o
Did the Navajo have cloths for special occasions or ceremonies?
yes they wear mocasins and clothes out o
What are some customs and ceremonies of the Navajo Indians?
no
What ceremonies did the nez perce tribe have?
They had the white earth ceremonies and the ni-mi-win
What were the Navajo customs?
Kachina dolls ceremonies weather and framing Ice Cream
Is it true that the Navajos created sand paintings as protest to the current culture of the US?
No, Navajo sandpaintings are created for healing and creating balance, and harmony for the patient. They are part of complex religious ceremonies, not for social protest.
What special traditions did the Navajo tribes celebrated?
The Navajo have a very large and complex and still actively practiced ceremonial system. The "backbone" of the chantway traditions are said to arise from the ceremonies first performed for Changing Woman. Pretty much all of the ceremonies are about restoring and or maintaining hózhǫ́ This is is an important Navajo concept meaning all the English concepts of beauty, harmony, peace, balance, happiness, contentment, order, wholeness, and goodness in one idea and word. Ceremonies last from one to nine days and are communitiy events centered on restoring the hózhǫ́ for a patient. Other ceremonies are held for house blessings, female first menstruation ceremony, first laugh ceremony for a baby and many others. There are about 60 chantways. Other important traditions are the various Navajo Nation Fairs, the Miss Navajo contest, Veterans Day and Halloween.
What was particulary beneficaial about the Navajo dwelling?
Hogans are warm in the winter and cool in the summer because of the thermal mass of the logs and earth on top. Hogans face east to greet the dawn each day. Hogans are described in the creation stories and have religious and philosophical meaning. Many Navajo ceremonies take place in hogans.
A religious leader in the Navajo tribe is known as a?
hataaΕii
Who were the Navajo holy men?
This could have two meanings. Navajo "Holy People", Diyin Dine'é, are spiritual beings in address in ceremonies and featured in the creation stories.Navajo traditional priests/ healers/ philosophers (sometimes called medicine men) are called Hataałii. This means chanter or singer in Navajo. They lead Navajo ceremonies and blessings. There are about 60 chantway ceremonies and most Hataałii specialize in two or three. It takes about ten to twelve years to apprentice to learn a ceremony by heart. No notes or recordings are allowed. They are still very active today with many ceremonies each year performed on the Navajo Nation. Some of them even have an association with a website. There is the Dine' Hataaiii Association , Dine Medicine Men Association and Diné Spiritual and Cultural Association.There are also people who diagnose what kind of ceremony one needs. These are called hand-tremblers, ndilniihiior crystal-gazers or déest'į́į́',stargazers, déest'į́į́'áshłééh or listeners, íists'ą́ą́'áshłééh
What are facts about Navajo Indian heritage culture and chiefs?
There are many interesting facts about the Navajo Indian heritage, culture, and chiefs. One fact about chiefs is that chiefs were chosen by a tribal council. A chief was a leader in the tribe and only men were able to be chiefs. The Navajo, or the Diné, are family oriented. Most of their traditions and games were developed because of their love for the land. They have many ceremonies and rituals, in fact, almost every act of their lives is is a ceremony. Ceremonies include 9 day ceremonies for the treatment of ills, mental and physical; ceremonies for planting of crops; ceremonies for the building of a hogan. Sandpainting, songs, and prayers are part of the ceremonies. Color is also important and each color has several different symbolic meanings. Colors can define the direction or the time of day.
