Dancer Guidelines
All Dancers are required to Opagi (present a loaded
pipe) to the Dance Leader requesting to dance. At this time, state your
reasons, vows, and pledge.
All Dancers must participate in at least one lodge
daily during the four days of purification.
When going into the Inipi (sweat lodge) it is
suggested that men wear shorts or sarong and women wear sweat dresses or a
sarong. Towels are suggested and not supplied.
All Dancers are expected to provide their own
helpers and support during the dance. For Dancers, no water is to be
touched or used from Tree Day until the dance is completed. You may as a Dancer
drink Gatorade, Powerade, Sage or Cedar Tea, only as needed at the beginning
and end of each day and not during the dance. Dancers are asked to refrain from
eating from Tree Day until the dance is ended (unless a medical concern is
present).
Men Dancers are expected to pierce just once a
year.
Men Dancers must have their own Canupa, skirt, rope, pegs if piercing,
sage crown, wristlets, anklets and both your personal and the required prayer
ties and flags. Woman Dancers must have
their own Canupa, dance dress, dance shawl, sage crown, wristlets, anklets and both your
personal and the required prayer ties and flags
It is also expected that all Dancers participate in
a Hanbleciya before dancing.
Women who are on their moon or are going to be on
their moon are asked to refrain from coming to the dance. If a woman
breaks during the dance, she may leave the grounds or an area will be available
for her to stay/camp until the end of the dance.
Any other issues or information that
needs to be shared or addressed will be done so during the dance meetings.
