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1988 Joerding bolo

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Morning Singer Kachina, 1988 Clint Joerding P.P.

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Morning Singer Kachina

1988 Clint Joerding P.P.

 

Hopi Morning Singers, (Talavai Kachinas) used to appear in pairs on the rooftops and sing songs, waking the Hopi people in the village. During the day, they would dance with the other kachinas, whom they led and prompted in the singing. They still appear with the other kachinas in the Powamu Ceremony or Bean Planting Festival which  lasts 8 days and is observed in late January or early February. These Kachinas are most often standing in a set to one side of the main movement of the procession. Occasionally, they sing as they stand holding their spruce trees and ringing their bells.