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From: Mike Morgan <a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a><br><p class="MsoNormal">Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2012.03.17 (01) [EN]<br><br>Luc asks:<br>> Do you happen to know of any Native American or Cuban holidays that are <br>
>getting the attention of a wider audience in the U, S ànd A ?<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ron/Reinhard replied:<br><br>> "Native American" covers a great many cultures, languages and histories. As far as<br>
> I know, the closest Native equivalent to "holidays" are seasonally celebrated tribal<br>> and inter-tribal powwows and potlatches, and there are similar meetings among the<br>> polar peoples. I attend at least one powwow per year, and I know many other<br>
> non-Natives that do so. <br><br>Yes, Powwows are quite popular events these days, even with local non-Natives... though, it is a more recent thing generally I think (when I lived in Montana as a kid in the early to mid 1960s, I can't remember it being so, or even hearing of one ... even though I had Crow and Blackfoot classmates.<br>
ONE native holiday which was, is. and has been popular across the board is Kamehameha Day, on June 11th, celebrating King Kamehameha I. Although of course there are elements of it which are pageant, and maybe even touristy, to Hawai'ian kama‘āina (not just native Hawai'ians but also with Hawai'ian natives) it is a rather reverent occasion. AND, it has been celebrated more or less continually since 1872<br>
<br>mwm || U C > || mike || мика || माईक || マイク || மாய்க் (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)<br>sign language linguist / linguistic typologist at large / "Have language(s), will travel"<br><br>"If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence." (MKG)<br>
"You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty." (MKG)<br>
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