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Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs

INTRODUCTION
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At the chorus all the other dancers fall in behind the leaders, either in couples or singly, every one singing.

All steps must be rhythmic and in time with the music.

The seven leaders move steadily, also in time with the music, as they hold the cornstalks high, while the followers wave their scarfs or mantles and dance happily and lightly, but with dignity.

The picture should be one of contrast as the procession takes its way among trees and through the sunny fields, the seven moving evenly, with the corn held high, and the joyous, fluttering group of dancers following.
The Life of the Corn culminates in a delight of color, movement and song.
CALLING THE FLOWERS INTRODUCTORY NOTE .-- This dance is derived from a ceremony, observed among the Indians of the North Pacific Coast, in which the spirits dwelling beneath the ground are called to come and join those who are dancing.

The dancer who calls the spirits moves with gliding steps, the arms outstretched, the hands beckoning upward in a gentle, enticing manner.


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