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THE KOSHARE IN THE CORN DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO.
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THE KOSHARE IN THE CORN DANCE AT SANTO
DOMINGO INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO.
According to the ancient legend, when the Indians first
came into this country, they were almost overcome by hunger
and thirst. The Gods, in order to make them forget their
privation. painted one of their number white and decorated
him most fantastically, and then caused him to dance and
cut up capers before the exhausted people, who, on seeing him
broke into laughter and once more took courage. This man
they called "Koshare'' (i e. Dancing-Man, or as Bandelier
calls him, Delight-Maker.) The Koshare of the present day
are an Indian secret society and have since pre-historic times
been very influential, During certain Indian dances, they
paint up as the first Koshare did long ago, to the great delight
of the Indians present.
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PUBLISHED BY SOUTHWEST ARTS & CRAFTS, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. MADE IN U. S. A.
COPYRIGHTED 1912 BY JESSE L. NUSBAUM. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
T AMERICAN ART
