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Kachina, in the religion of the Hopi, Zuni, and other Pueblo Native American peoples of the south-western United States, a spirit or supernatural...

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Social organization is in clans and lineages. Descent is matrilineal (traced through the maternal line), and women own the houses. Marriage is...

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Most folk dances are open to everyone in the community. In some dances, however, participation is limited by age, sex, skill, or status. Certain...

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- Native N American spirit: any of the spirits believed by the Native North American Hopi people to be the ancestors of human beings
- figure of kachina: a representation of a kachina, usually either a carved wooden doll or a costumed performer in a ceremonial dance

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Ritual Hopi Kachina Music (Art Resource, NY)

Ritual Hopi Kachina Music

	Windows Live® Search Results Kachina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kachinas (also spelled Katsina, the plural "katsinam") exist in Hopi and in Pueblo cosmology and religious practices. In Hopi, the word Kachina (Katsina or Qatsina) means literally ... Kolor Kachina kolor kachina home page. Some of the examples here include Psychic art and art that represents the unconscious and the Spirit World with holisitics and healing using flower ... kachina definition of kachina in the Free Online Encyclopedia. kachina (kəchē`nə), spirit of the invisible life forces of the Pueblo Pueblo, name given by the Spanish to the sedentary Native Americans who lived in stone or adobe communal ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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