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I was watching a video of a northern traditional ladies' cloth contest. Some dancers caught my attention. They have ribbon work, ribbon tops, and cut out hair bows with ribbon streamers. Their dance step reminded me of the old style jingle. Can you help me identify the tribe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pE5PF64qBE
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No expert here, but it looks like Ho Chunk appliqué or old-style scrub dancing:
Ho Chunk applique team dance wins at Fort Hall -
That looks like the way some of my Ho-Chunk friends dance, which is a hard deliberate bounce/scrubbing action. They also dance with the washboards.CERN may have discovered the Higgs Boson but...
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I saw the women's washboard in, I think, '93 in Greensboro, NC.
Why must I feel like that..why must I chase the cat?
"When I was young man I did some dumb things and the elders would talk to me. Sometimes I listened. Time went by and as I looked around...I was the elder".
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So, I'm not an expert either. I've heard it called "Old Style Woodland Scrub" too.
Here's a scrub special at Hunting Moon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-n26t6Dplg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5toZXk4s9kComment
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I hit a snag in some research and figured it make a decent forum post, read on true believers:
So, the popular theory on grass evolution is that it (and other men's styles) originated with the war dances of the Hethuska/Heluska societies. When folks talk about the grass dance, they often...03-13-2008, 05:25 PM -
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Ok when I was Growing up I was always a Jingle dress dancer and there was NO such thing as old style and now is like these woman that are not from my tribe that dances with there 3 row jingle dress and say they are OLD STYLE CHAMPS and what not, some of my Elders Like the way they Dance but they seems...11-02-2005, 12:29 PM -
I've been to a few powwows lately and have noticed that when the Women Southern traditional do their round dances, they have two very different styles of dancing. I have always seen the ladies dancing the slow graceful "walk" style and they bow their heads down. Lately I have been seeing...08-28-2003, 07:29 PM -
Okay, I am new to this forum, but I am an experienced Northern Traditional Dancer who is switching to Straight Dance due to back and knee injuries that prevent me from sneaking up on myself much less an imaginary enemy.
I have a lot of questions but I will start with just a couple....04-21-2006, 09:52 PM
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