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devohoneybee) wrote2012-08-12 08:31 pm
devohoneybee) wrote2012-08-12 08:31 pm
another reason to love New Mexico
Went to the Santa Clara Pueblo Feast Day today. The Santa Clara Pueblo is an hour and a half north of Albuquerque, through gorgeous high desert and mountain terrain, set against a deep blue sky with huge, ever-changing clouds.
Today was the Corn Dance. Hundreds of dancers, men and women and tiny children, in beautiful garments -- embroidered, painted, feathered, danced in the hot sun for hours. It was breath-taking.
It made me wonder what it would be like to live in a community where so many of the people come together in a dance of prayer, sweat, singing, and sun. An arduous effort, all pulling together in spirit over the long day.
It was beautiful.
Today was the Corn Dance. Hundreds of dancers, men and women and tiny children, in beautiful garments -- embroidered, painted, feathered, danced in the hot sun for hours. It was breath-taking.
It made me wonder what it would be like to live in a community where so many of the people come together in a dance of prayer, sweat, singing, and sun. An arduous effort, all pulling together in spirit over the long day.
It was beautiful.
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