Saturday is normally the Weekly Photo Challenge. Well, this will be challenging since I don’t know what the theme is all about. I am going to post just the same to throw off some equilibrium in the blogging world. Naughty, naughty.
Pow… Pow… Wow.. Wow. Put it together. Pow Wow.
Pow Wow is a gathering of Aboriginal First Nations and non-aboriginals. It is steep with legend and tradition. We had a First Nation celebration on September 21, 2013 as part of the Reconciliation, Walk with us.
This is the dance of Metamorphosis of a Butterfly. The colourful shawl is the wings of the butterfly.
Butterfly
She danced to the beat of the drum. Slowly as she emerged from her cocoon.
Gradually her feet moved two slow steps. As she transformed into a butterfly, the steps criss-cross, legs started to jump and opened her wings to show her true self. A metamorphosis of beauty.
The Flight of the Butterfly
At the end of the show, we were invited to learn the dance and performed the dance with her. Okay, easy peasy.
Let me try.
That’s me in red shoes with my two nieces. Not showing you how I tripped when my feet got all tangled. I must say it was fun.
The day I took the children to Pau Wau will be told and retold to their siblings, cousins, friends and hopefully to their future family. The story of the First Nation will remain in history forever as we continue the dance to healing and metamorphosis to a beautiful butterfly – ad infinitum.
Beautiful! Amen.
They are great dancers.
Beautiful butterfly!
So colourful.
It was Infinity….but I like this better!
Infinity, … thank you for liking this better. 😛
Beautiful wings of the butterfly! Thank you for sharing.
It was a lovely dance of the butterfly.
It’s good to keep the blogging world on its toes! 🙂
Ha ha ha Victoria, great pun 😛
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this. Reminds me of a powwow on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana we saw several years ago.
janet
Janet, they must have the same legends. Did you write a post about this? Would love to see your story. Perpetua.
Perpetua, no post unfortunately, but it’s very possible that they have similar legends.
janet
thank you, Janet.
Wow! Beautiful! 🙂
The First Nations are just awesome.
Gorgeous simply gorgeous !
They are and the story that came with it was beautiful.