PowWow

     I was really fascinated by PowWow because it was good performance and costume.  It was the first time to see actual American Indian culture.  There are a lot of people in the arena.  I felt that I was in foreign land from atmosphere.  At first, when I entered the Sparks, I smelled incense and get a sight of colorful clothes which dancers wore.  Their costume had many different looks.  Almost men dancers wore ornaments of eagle’s feathers which get attached like the letter “O,” and women’s clothes had long and narrow bells on their belts.  In addition to their costume, they had cotton, fan which made of eagle’s feathers, earrings, necklaces, and beads.   There were the sounds of drum and singing voice being played, and it carried far.  They had a meaning that “We are family. Everyone is one.”  In Japan people don’t have a festival like PowWow, so I was impressed.  I think we never exterminate PowWow, so we should tell next generation about PowWow.