THE BE Ml DANCE
Among the picturesque dances practised by the Indians is the interesting bear dance, which is a favourite of the fcSioux tribe. Taking them as a whole the red men are very superstitious and it is because of this that, they hold many of their dances. The bear dance is performed in the hope that the Great Spirit will grant the tribe the gift of killing many bears. It is simple to watch, yet very stimulating to the players. One of the dancers wears a bear skin and he leads the rest, moving round in a circle. As they move, each dancer imitates by hand movement some motion of a bear, such as climbing, running on all fou -s, or w*alking on its hind legs with front paws hanging down, and as they dance they growl like a bear. I’m not a climber, not a climber, Not a climber now, Aly weight is geing 14 atone—l m not a climber now.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 19, 13 April 1927, Page 12
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164THE BE Ml DANCE Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 19, 13 April 1927, Page 12
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