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HOPI SNAKE DANCE, ARIZONA.
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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 de-
sired down-pour of rains.
The weird ceremony of the Snake Dance is a
prayer for rain, the snakes being used as messen-
gers to the gods having power over the rain clouds.
It continues for nine days. The public perform-
ance (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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