Katsinas AIS 100
Katsinas
The Hopi Indians are a tribe who belong to the Southwest group of the Western Pueblo people. They live in northeast Arizona at the southern end of the Black Mesa. Being that they are a large group of people, the United States federally recognizes them as a tribe, giving them a political status as a tribe, and making them eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Hopi had religious ceremonies and rituals represented by Katsina spirits. These spirits represented the essence of things in the living world, being manifested through in human forms. They are also one of the most secretive and closed tribe, since they do not disclose details of their ceremonies. In the Hopi Katsina tradition, some would represent corn, antelopes, wind, the sun, etc. There are other Katsina spirits with no physical world representation that have certain ceremonial duties, like 'clown' katsinas who provide humor and education, as well as 'morning dancer' who start off the ceremonies. These roles are defined depending by which clan you are born into, and it is exclusively for the Hopi people. Over a hundred different Katsina exist. Throughout the ceremonies, the people who dressed like Katsinas would allow the Katsinas spirits to transform and inhabit their bodies, so that they can interact with the Hopi. Among these interactions, different ancestor spirits were summoned to bring rain, and having a good harvest amongst many others. Although these spirits are powerful and well respected, the relationship and interaction between them and the Hopi people were that of a friendly and equal level. They barter for goods and services rather than the worshiping of something or someone greater, showing harmony and mutual respect. These spirits link the Pueblo people to the supernatural world as messengers and mediators. Traditionally, the people who represented the Katsina also carved small wooden "dolls" of their likeness, to teach the children in
The Hopi Indians are a tribe who belong to the Southwest group of the Western Pueblo people. They live in northeast Arizona at the southern end of the Black Mesa. Being that they are a large group of people, the United States federally recognizes them as a tribe, giving them a political status as a tribe, and making them eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Hopi had religious ceremonies and rituals represented by Katsina spirits. These spirits represented the essence of things in the living world, being manifested through in human forms. They are also one of the most secretive and closed tribe, since they do not disclose details of their ceremonies. In the Hopi Katsina tradition, some would represent corn, antelopes, wind, the sun, etc. There are other Katsina spirits with no physical world representation that have certain ceremonial duties, like 'clown' katsinas who provide humor and education, as well as 'morning dancer' who start off the ceremonies. These roles are defined depending by which clan you are born into, and it is exclusively for the Hopi people. Over a hundred different Katsina exist. Throughout the ceremonies, the people who dressed like Katsinas would allow the Katsinas spirits to transform and inhabit their bodies, so that they can interact with the Hopi. Among these interactions, different ancestor spirits were summoned to bring rain, and having a good harvest amongst many others. Although these spirits are powerful and well respected, the relationship and interaction between them and the Hopi people were that of a friendly and equal level. They barter for goods and services rather than the worshiping of something or someone greater, showing harmony and mutual respect. These spirits link the Pueblo people to the supernatural world as messengers and mediators. Traditionally, the people who represented the Katsina also carved small wooden "dolls" of their likeness, to teach the children in