Native American Dancing

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The Native American (NA) dancing was devised by the Native American (NA) that lives in the United States.
Though not many people know about the Native American dancing, they are a rich part of the cultural history.
The NA dance was performed during the Red Earth festivity.
The Red Earth festivity is held annually to celebrate the ancestral of the Native Americans.
It was also celebrated to increase the awareness of the Native American dance as a traditional dance.
They are often performed in a large range of dance styles.
NA dancing is accompanied with background music.
While the person is performing the dance, several men will beat the drum.
The dance steps are synchronized with the drum beat.
If the drum beat is fast, the dancer must dance fast.
If the drum beat is slow, the dancer can dance slowly.
The dance allows the tribe to express themselves.
The grass dance (or grass prance) is performed in coordination with the movement of the long prairie grass.
The grass prance is one of the few nature based dances that exist in the world.
The drum beat in the grass prance serves as the mover.
The dancer's body is respond to the push of the drum beat.
The jingle dress dance is also one of the dance performances in the NA festivals.
The jingle dress was developed by the Canadian tribes.
Dancing is only performed by the ladies.
The lady dancers will wear colorful costumes.
The background music sounds like the bell like fringe that is attached to the costume of the dancer.
Remembering the Rain Dance is a very popular Native American dance.
Remembering the Rain Dance was performed in August.
The purpose that the Native American performs the dance is to invite the rain to come.
Normally, the dance was performed during the driest season of the year.
Many NAs have carried on performing the Remembering the Rain Dance as part of their culture.
The dancers will wear turquoise while performing this.
It is very rare that this is performed without the turquoise stone.
The Medicine Dance is originated from the Apache tribe.
It was performed in conjunction with the tribes' healing and hope.
In the ancient times, this was performed frequently.
Nowadays, the medicine dance is rare.
In the medicinal dance, the patient is invited to stand in the sand painting.
After that, several Native Americans will dance around her.
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