Question about bow-ing

[mi_thi_gong]

I'm not trying to be "some how" with the following statement, but just adding "food for thought."

Almost every southern women's traditional dancer can give you 'personal' reasons why they bow during the three hard beats . . . but 99.99% of these dancers canNOTgive you their tribe's "traditional" reason why it is done.

And then TODAY, pow wow's are "traditional"? If pow-wow's aren't "traditional" for my tribe, does that mean I shouldn't bow at pow-wow's?

[WhoMe]

And then TODAY, pow wow's are "traditional"? If pow-wow's aren't "traditional" for my tribe, does that mean I shouldn't bow at pow-wow's?

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Powwows are a modern celebration and expression of being Indian. Many elements from many tribes have been contributed to form what we know as today's powwow.

The sybolism of bowing is one form of tradition that has been borrowed by many southern tribes until it has become a standard practice by all southern women's traditional dancers.

[mi_thi_gong]

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Powwows are a modern celebration and expression of being Indian. Many elements from many tribes have been contributed to form what we know as today's powwow.

The sybolism of bowing is one form of tradition that has been borrowed by many southern tribes until it has become a standard practice by all southern women's traditional dancers.

I THINK YOU MADE THAT UP. SERIOUSLY

[WhoMe]

I THINK YOU MADE THAT UP. SERIOUSLY

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*LOL

Which part do you think I fabricated?

I think it would be fine to do whatever your tribe does instead of bowing. That would enhance my statement that, "Many elements from many tribes have been contributed to form what we know as today's powwow."

Are intertribal powwows NOT "modern expressions of being Indian?"

I have witnessed many women who wear non-southern plains dance clothing, bowing when they contest in the southern women's cloth/buckskin division - from coast to coast. That is why I consider it a standard practice. It IS borrowed.