Crouching Dancer/ Hidden Butterfly

[Asmajol]

When Fancy Shawlers are called in for exibition before song starts the dancers crouch down and cover their head with shawl and stay there until after the first break in song.

Ive seen some shawlers do this and other not.

Whats your preference?

[legalstraight]

I don't think I have ever seen that....
Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I used to watch fancy shawl pretty close...

What part of the country you from?

[Strugganona]

Id like to know that too....the "which part of the country" question. Ive NEVER seen that---as in EVER never

[steelemagnolia63]

I have never seen anyone do this either.. is this something new???

[legalstraight]

was it cold?

[Eagle Plumes]

Uh n ot to be rude, ugly, or mean but this sounds waaay haokie to me! Ive litterly been all over for pow-wow's and have not seen a thing like what you describe. I take that back ive seen some interesting things but it was from interesting people lol.

[SuzzeQ4]

Never did it. Once saw some girl do it and one of the other fancy shawl dancers (very nicely) asked her what she was doin and she said somethin like what you were talkin about with the chrysalis. She told her how the dance originated (not the butterfly storey). But the young Woman walked off in a huff thinkin she already knew it all. Sad...and uninformed.

[soopashinaab]

All I can say is... Sorry... all I can say is... Ahem... All I can say is No I haven't seen that.

[Brown wlf]

Never did it. Once saw some girl do it and one of the other fancy shawl dancers (very nicely) asked her what she was doin and she said somethin like what you were talkin about with the chrysalis. She told her how the dance originated (not the butterfly storey). But the young Woman walked off in a huff thinkin she already knew it all. Sad...and uninformed.

Surprisingly, that is something I have not seen yet in my neck of the woods. We have seen lots of hoky stuff and like the person you mentioned have tried to correct them politely but the advice is usually recieved with hostility.

[NDNsweety33]

Ummmmmm ok LMAO and I thought I'd seen it all ....... so when is she gonna tell us where's she from??

[ojibwaywmn]

Don't recall ever seeing this.

[Asmajol]

Im from Southern Ohio, Most shawlers i see at events dont do this, and that is why i posted on here about it. Mere Curiosity
Very small handful i see doing it.

[SuzzeQ4]

I have no idea whereThe girl I'd seen is from, never seen her or such actions again so she may not have been from around here. It was some time ago too cause I switched to buckskin nine yrs ago

[thizgirlpowwows]

When Fancy Shawlers are called in for exibition before song starts the dancers crouch down and cover their head with shawl and stay there until after the first break in song.

Ive seen some shawlers do this and other not.

Whats your preference?

uhh.....not in the midwest, never even heard of that, was it a weekend mating ritual??? LOL seriously, i never seen that at any powwows i've been to...

[Joe's Dad]

uhh.....not in the midwest, never even heard of that, was it a weekend mating ritual??? LOL seriously, i never seen that at any powwows i've been to...

I saw this in South Dakota once. But the girl was standing over a prairie dog hole and the prairie dog was biting her toe!!!

J/K thizgirlpowwows!