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HOPI SNAKE DANCE, ARIZONA
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Gred Harvey
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With the primitive people of the Southwest,
water is the most precious of all elements.
In a land of cloudless skies and waterless
mesas, most of the ceremonies of these people
are directed to the gods who have power
over the much to be desired down-pour of
rains.
The weird ceremony of the Snake Dance
is a prayer for rain, the snakes being used
as messengers to the gods having power over
the rain clouds. It continues for nine days.
The public performance (in which live snakes
are handled) occurs on the ninth or last day.
This ceremony takes place about the middle
of August.
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