(Editor's Note -- a quick jump back a bit ago ...)
Who: Martina Gast, Bret Muter, Bret Strogen, Bob Filbin, Jen Baldwin, Jenny Vazquez, and I (Jessica)
What: United Indians of all Tribes Foundation 22nd Annual Seafair Indian Days POW WOW!
Where: Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Discovery Park in Seattle, Washington
When: Sunday July 22, 2007
Why: To learn about and celebrate native culture
During our Seattle stop, Tribal Co-Coordinators Jenny and Martina worked together to arrange an optional visit to the 22nd Annual Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow. What a great idea!
We all piled into a taxi van and traveled to Discovery Park from the University of Washington. The Pow Wow was a remarkable experience for all of us.
The Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow ran from July 20 through 22, and typically has approximately 10,000 spectators, 400-600 dancers in full regalia, 25 drum groups, and over 60 vendors.
The 60+ vendors displayed a wide array of native art & crafts such as clothing, jewelry, music, carvings, and paintings. We ate lunch at the Pow Wow, which included traditional fry bread and a salmon bake… yum. It was delicious!
My favorite part of the day was seeing the Grand Entry. At Grand Entry all of the dancers celebrated together. The Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow holds the purpose to “celebrate the richness of the Native American culture”. The Pow Wow included traditional singing, drum and dance competitions, traditional foods, and much more. The Pow Wow helped enlighten my awareness of native culture. It was an exceptional way to spend our free day.
By: Jessica Fagan
1 comments:
I saw one of your featured picture in your blogs and it's a kinda wonderful to see a traditional clothing like that,not like now traditional clothing like this are only wear on a certain occasions like festival because of the new generation clothes by many wholesale clothing industry that replaces the traditional clothes that we wear.
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