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The rites and prayers in the Blessing Way are concerned with healing, creation, harmony and peace. The song cycles recount the elaborate Navajo creation story (Diné Bahaneʼ). One of the most important Blessing Way rites is the Kinaaldá ceremony, in which a young girl makes the transition to womanhood upon her menarche. [1]
The Economist, citing Rebecca Mead's book on American weddings, [9] characterized it as "'traditionalesque', commerce disguised as tradition". [10]The poem has gained even wider exposure as a series of Internet memes, often accompanied by stereotypical depictions of Native Americans depicted as Noble savages.
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.
Music during prayer services consists of the singer with his gourd rattle staff and the water-drummer with his water-drum. The singer sings four songs, concludes his set, and passes the staff, gourd, and drum to the next relative to sing. There are only two musical instruments used in an authentic Native American Church prayer service:
It would not change traditional Navajo wedding ceremonies, which would remain only between a man and a woman. A parade in Window Rock, Ariz., organized by Navajo Nation Pride last year. (Navajo ...
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The Navajo [a] or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language. The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (108,305). More than three-quarters of the Diné population resides in these two states. [4]
The Navajo Nation is considering legislation that would repeal its ban on same-sex marriage. If passed, it could have a ripple effect on Indigenous nations in the US.