Hopi Buffalo Dance in Shungopavi, 2014

[@AmiPacheco]

Finally the Original Hopi Buffalo Dance...so beautiful to experience this, thank you for posting it...the singer, the dancers, and the people....wow!

[@sandrajohnson2489]

This is awesome. The stamina of those two male dancers is amazing.

[@Rodsupremos]

Arizona and Tibet happen to be geographically positioned on opposite sides of the earth. The Hopi word for sun is the Tibetian word for moon, and the Tibetian word for sun is the Hopi word for moon. Both cultures claim (independent of one another) that their practices keep the Earth from falling out of balance and into calamity. ... May your own work keep the Earth from falling out of balance and into calamity.

[@jeremyshepherd5741]

Nope

[@hashkeyinaabah9220]

This song is very similar to a diné song during the yeibichei ceremony. It also includes the jester feeling and everyone laughs in the hogan. Very beautiful dance perhaps we share songs with our hopi brothers 💜

[@apaolobenallyzzzz8642]

no

[@Flockseahawks123]

​@apaolobenallyzzzz8642 bro I hate people like this "no🤓" like stfu your not funny

[@hirai_aiden]

@@apaolobenallyzzzz8642yes

[@alpatronlhefehajromeromero4345]

Beautiful dance,man those feathers on the two ladies ,nice nice nice!

[@amariluna]

Oh how I loved this!! thank you so much for sharing.

[@gabrielwolf2352]

I didn't think filming these events were allowed?..but thanks. my world just got better. In that I saw this. I just hope posting this film has not crossed a tabboo.

[@BobbieesWorld]

My friend is Hopi. She gave me the link and explained this to me and enjoyed it very much.

[@kountessdelowe9073]

This one was a good one, everyone in their made me laugh and smile. Esquali

[@lehmerbeletso9961]

I like the song in the beginning 👍🏻

[@francoiseproux7798]

Love you native danzas. Respect. Beautiful culture. A'hoo. Superbe. 🙏🏽❤💜👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💙💚💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽👌🥁🙏🏽🐢🤩🌞🌳🤩🥰

[@bndl98]

the elder lady reminds me so much of my grandma she was married to a hopi

[@aaronphillips3932]

the real hopi buffalos

[@1n0nlyAsa]

aaron phillips it is

[@puroescape]

thank you for this !!!

[@christinacurley6693]

nice one love hopi dance

[@drizzant23]

So awesome!! Love the Hopi Pueblo Indians.

[@codygeewin5166]

Indians!??? We as Native People aren't from INDIA

[@mshungopavi]

Kwa Kwaii!!!

[@WBoneB]

Beautiful

[@jennifertalas7338]

I can't wait to dance butterfly or buffalo and yea miss my rez life lol now I am a city girl 😂😂😂 But yea

[@leiblackbear7111]

❤many blessings

[@peyotechants7506]

Are they like clowns? Because there making everyone laugh

[@Miltron22]

Where is this at?

[@pedrolucero1443]

pretty cool to see this but dam how can u record. on my Rez they woulda took our phones n shit haha

[@baileyjimmy8345]

I was little when my grandma took us

[@lydellchadtalas32]

Songoopavi (2nd Mesa)

[@ryanw7857]

Does anyone have the first part of the song??….. pretty song…

[@BM-nk1pe]

Can someone explain the parts that the people were laughing at the dancers?

[@ilovefirstmesa648]

They were just being funny you can be funny and traditional

[@ilovefirstmesa648]

But then again there are the koyallas and the koyemsi

[@ThePertinentesUno]

What does it mean? ...

[@baileyjimmy8345]

I was sitting on the Wall

[@TheHumetewa1]

I was sing with them

[@teowillie3058]

Why do the ladies go out to the dancers.

[@AmiPacheco]

they go because they are aunties, or clan relatives supporting the dancer...

[@steveb1437]

Because their teasing the guys who are dancing.. thats their nephews (hopi boyfriend)

[@michaelpaisano9260]

When they dance between the men and their partners, they’ve acting jealous. Their female partner is no good! So they’re protecting their loved one. These ladies come from their father’s clan. No one is good enough for their favorite grandchild! And the aunties give them gifts during the dancing. They show their support. So, to be really active in their dances and ceremonies, you really do need two clans! Your mother and father’s sides. If a non Indian marries in, it’s hard on the child. You carry your mother’s clan. A girl can carry it on. But if the child only has a father’s clan, only so much that child can do. It’s kind of similar over at Navajo, Laguna and Cochiti. That’s how they talked to us when we were younger. I don’t know if they really emphasize that anymore. But, you see, once you understand how people are related there, you can understand a lot of what is going on. You really do need to be actively involved to get support from your relatives. If a lot of your aunties get between you and your dance partner, you don’t have to worry about who’s cooking for your wedding!