Men's Grass special @ mandaree powwow 2023

[@ionecuff6323]

I always love watching these events/contests. Love seeing heritage and traditions carried on to the next generations. All the dancers are so good that I could never be able to pick out one as a winner. They all are amazing.

[@mildredmartinez8843]

It is so beautiful. The music. The dance. The regalia. Stay strong.

[@Lee-mmg]

I admire their strength and the love of their history and family. Beautiful - the talent - the dance clothes (and blessings on the designers/sewers of these clothes).

[@YountPower]

I haven't danced this style in a few years, and I'm still impressed by the incredible talent and stamina of this style. Kinda makes me dust off my old regalia and shake the rust off.

[@wendylee8654]

What an amazing effort! It is a privilege to witness! Deepest gratitude for all of this! 🌿🔥🌿

[@elizabethsmith1278]

WOW!!!!!!!!! Just... WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, from my heart.

[@ofeliacastaneda7449]

Son hermosos nuestros rituales, me gustan mucho y gracias por compartir,,🙏🏻 saludos desde MÉXICO 🇲🇽😘🌹🌹🌹♥️

[@CATNAPREAL1188]

WOW MAN WOW !!! This is SO FANTASTIC. I am so intrigued by the culture, the history, the regal dressing the significance of each dance within each Nation. This is One of the NEATEST, COOLEST IMPRESSIVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN!!! Sincerely. THANK YOU ❤️

[@LunaMesser-zw8xh]

❤ I Just enjoy this so much ! ❤ Thank you !

[@doebuck9708]

Indians definitely created the shuffle. Awesome to see traditions still thriving.

[@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII]

Natives

[@judypierce7028]

You mean Native American. Indians today are from India.

[@jonathan99097]

Indigenous, because they were here first

[@virginialeitner2057]

This is ABSOLUTELY beautiful!

[@DerrickJones-wn8iz]

Al of them were excellent dancers and those are some very nice looking blankets ....blessup to all my Native Brothers & Sisters ..NP✊🏼☑️💯

[@carolartis2149]

This was so wonderful. The dancing was spectacular and so many were sooo good. Beautiful!

[@LillisabellCarlsson]

U come and tok me whit u to a POW WHAUU ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤BRAVO Thank u. U are all healers for the evil we have been forst to live in / on this earht ❤ BRAVO ur energy is healing me, personlige, so from the buttom of my ❤ thank u❤i was blind,but now i see,i was lost, but now im home i was paralayst whit fear,BUT NOW I AM FREE ! Amen and all good things will come to u😊😊😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mischelleaubel4112]

That is outstanding love to see full dress dance so much meaning in them❤

[@Norther56]

I'm in awe of the dedication required to be any kind of indigenous dancer. One doesn't just learn the steps and the music, as in Western European ballet. It's so much more than that because it's inextricably part of a culture. Thank you for sharing this event from start to finish; my powwow experience is very light (been to one, lol), but I hope to increase it.

[@GtMcGee]

indigenous dancer...tf is wrong with you lmao

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

I'm a native dancer myself and learning the native dance moves.

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

And how to write native music from both continents as well since I've been inspired by artist who learn the native traditions.

[@cherylklaver7233]

Hoop dancers are freaking awesome...just putting it out there 👍

[@franciscaaparicio9045]

​@@cherylklaver7233😅😅 Hu

[@Geanna-h4n]

I love the cadence and endurance. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@patriciayomes8800]

Love it. I have Cherokee in my smallest toe from gramp Soares 2:45 haha! My granddaughter is 1/4 Chippawa from Wisconsin. They must be out of breath,

[@WandaBeasley-pi4hl]

Amazing ❤👀🔥 they don't miss a beat🎉✌️🙏😁👋👌

[@davidchampion4687]

Very nice 😃 I enjoyed it all the way from fla .a part Cherokee grandmother . ❤️

[@tomcanales8623]

Never seen a live performance, but what I have seen on video, I love it! So much excellent talent!

[@denac4708]

If you love the videos and you have a chance to see a live Pow-Wow, DO IT!!!!! It's an amazing experience; the electricity, the feeling of the drums and dancers through the ground, and in the air, it's a very emotional experience but one that is certainly worth the trip.

[@tomcanales8623]

@@denac4708 I am disabled and don't have a vehicle so I'm watching all of these amazing videos on line

[@lovelystar4411]

Powwow

[@judypierce7028]

I absolutely love PowWows. I am part Cherokee, but love any Native Americans dancing. These men ware just awesome with their nimble movements. The regalia, likewise, is just gorgeous. I certainly could not be a judge and choose a winner from any of these dancers. All of them are just wonderful. The Cherokee do not dance much differently from those at this Mandaree Celebration or Lakota. I almost had an opportunity several years ago while on Pine Ridge Indiana Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Ogala Lakota, to attend the last night of their PowWow. However, I could not attend. Thank you for this wonderful traditional video.

[@mariaquidel8462]

ALTOS,ATLÉTICOS,EXELENTES DANZANTES,FELICITACIONES DE CHILE NOVENA REGIÓN DE LA ARAUCANÍA.

[@Blacknight-1111]

Wow, I certainly could not be a judge and choose a winner from any of these..... humble i am to you!

[@saylap.5392]

Funny u mention pine ridge, there's also rosebud reservation. I'm Oglala Lakota Sioux, not much. But I feel more Sioux than I am. My dad's side is out there in black hills. I've always wanted to visit pine ridge or rosebud.

[@saylap.5392]

I always wanted a shawl, that's what dancer I'd be.

[@judypierce7028]

@@saylap.5392 Yes, I know about Rosebud. I have traveled and assisted a minimum of 4 schools on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for about 14 years. Once the pandemic hit, however, I could not get on the Reservation that year. So, I just send boxes of school supplies, coats and sweaters for the children. I also adopted an Ogala Lakota Family.which means I send birthday gifts, special holidays, and Christmas along with food.

[@colleenkerr4152]

This is VERY beautiful! Thank you for posting it. But, as a White person, not understanding the customs, beliefs or ceremonies of the First Nations People, and wanting to understand, I would love to know what the dance represents, what it means, why and when it is/was performed, the significance of the costumes, etc. I think it important to understand all of this so we can understand each other and work together.

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

I believe it's how their original nations celebrated Tru art and dance in their great nations. It is a beautiful traditions and I also want to keep it alive.

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

And participate and practice and learn from my native brothers and sisters.

[@piiminaakbartlett6708]

I’m not going to go super into detail because all tribes/nations have different teachings and traditions, but dancing started as medicine and ceremony and over the years became competitive and for showcase like this. Grass dance (what I was taught) was a very special honor, it was used to stomp the grass down for ceremony. Regalia and movements are meant to represent the grass waving. In the US we weren’t legally allowed to practice our traditional ways until 1979, so it’s become an even more special practice for us.

[@laurachance-lablanc3119]

Scared to be a woman?

[@MoussMickey]

En tant que blanc il est important de comprendre

[@AngelCatBaby]

I love this….thank you for posting….I’ve been to many of these events at the powwows and I love it all. I was welcomed into many families and even participated in many of the dances in my own Native American white doeskin ceremonial dress… I feel like I’m home…thank you for letting me be a part of it and welcoming me as part of your family and being my friends….👍❤️🐎 There is good in all cultures, but forgetting our heritage and the past is forgetting who we are and where we come from, leaving a void in our hearts and within ourselves.….an incomplete lost persona…..👍❤️🙏🏼😇🐎

[@charnydegger3267]

I love seeing the interpretations of the same beat and step.

[@dormiacrouch1905]

Very handsome braves Be proud of your Heritage!!!

[@anamunoz2813]

Wow ❤ look at all the pow wow dancing 😍 there spiritual rites and all have different colors on them to 😢there dress 👗🥻👗🥻👗🥻👗🥻👗👗👗 and we don't know what they are saying because we don't know how to speak there language in Indiana 😮 but everything looks so beautiful 😍 from the united States of America 🎉we been in a 🎉pow wow before with our friends from the Indiana reservation from Arizona 🎉and we ate with them to some barbecue 🎉 from the USA 🎉

[@juliehornby5234]

Amazing to see , watching from UK

[@aliciadupuy9228]

So thoughtful what was done with the lady’s materials after she passed. Even better than just sending to a thrift store!

[@anniepaige9804]

Happy thanks giving❤

[@merryhunt9153]

Thank you for sharing. I marvel at the love and creativity that have gone into the costumes, and I also marvel at the stamina of the dancers.

[@tigerqueen007]

This is amazing! I always wanted to see this! Look at them go!

[@MoussMickey]

C'est bien ta passé une bonne soirée 💪

[@julianenchenzo2524]

What a truly magnificent culture and peoples.

[@Letsdonothingtogether]

Absolutely Amazing.

[@Yanadew]

Awesome love it and the my choice won first place! Yay!😂😊

[@alexharrison6730]

Wonderful! More such dances! 🎇🎇🎇

[@gb4468]

AWESOME!

[@healwithdivine]

We definitely need to see more of this in the world. They stole so much of our history and told us who to be and how to be and the more deep I research native Americans the closer I feel to home and it resonates. Twerking does not resonate for me this type of dancing and music does. It’s very spiritual and enlightening and it feels like a coming together.

[@elisvanresendeconceicao461]

A nobreza e a beleza dos sagrados ancestrais é sem igual! Salve nossos povos originários! 🏹🏹🏹

[@marcusaurelius2396]

Yo se papa

[@LouveniaFields]

Hello. This right here is the first time or first one I have ever listened to that WE can hear both. First hear the dance's gingle their gingle to hear the singers sing with the dancers moves and or the dancers giggling and dancing to the music. The Singers and Dancers are just Beautifully sung to the danced in the rhythm...

[@Pawny1-r1z]

Thank you for sharing.

[@helenbradford2569]

If there were Pow Wows like this in Florida. I would go to all of them. So spiritual.

[@leroyleroy6024]

Incroyable, c'est magnifique. Respect pour le peuple amérindien c'est eux qui ont tous compris sur cette terre ❤️❤️❤️

[@dragonflycait7184]

This is some energetic, well thought out dancing. Thank you Gentlemen. It was a great pleasure to watch.

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

I have decided to watch as many of these wonderful Native American videos , the dancing, the singing , the music ,the drumming are very GROUNDING ! It will definitely help me "Walk on Balance on Mother Earth"! Especially in this difficult election season where so much is at stake! German- Swiss American here! I don't want to live in a FASCIST USA! And my Great Uncle died on a beach in Anzio, Italy fighting AGAINST FASCISTS! He !was a Staff Sgt. in the US Army. He definitely was NOT A LOSER! Native Americans honor veterans

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

Many Native American have and still serve in the US Military! Where would this country be without the Navajo Code Talkers/ US Marines???At every Pow-Wow I have ever attended , the very first dance was an Hornoring Dance for Veterans! RESPECT! 🫡🫡🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🪖⛑️🪖⚓️⛵️⚓️

[@Dreyzah]

god damn i miss dancing at pow wows man. even just going to watch the dancing and enjoy the music, food, vibes. some of the best times i ever had in my life

[@danielevictoria5698]

C'est magnifique !!! ❤️🙋‍♀️👏

[@faithwanjiru7447]

Such a amazing and beautiful dance 😂❤ My King and Queen 😂 I hope you loved and enjoyed your self 😂

[@darladowhaniuk1969]

❤ RIGHT ON IVE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF DANCE BEFORE.. AND I ❤ IT !!!!!!!🙂

[@RastaSister]

I am a so called coloured person from Cape Town South Africa with Tamil Indian and Cherokee blood mixed with Caucasian and Bushman, always had an affinity for native Americans before I found out about my heritage ❤

[@art.demirjian9721]

Beautiful and inspirational! Every community has their own special way to worship God The Almighty. 😇

[@susiedias342]

amazingly beautiful!

[@bluenoser1567]

Wow! Really amazing. Wish it could be or just was main stream art. So enjoyed this ... Cheers

[@RobertRedman007]

Wonderful!! Thanks for sharing.

[@reality_is_the_key]

The grass dancers are definitely awesome to watch.

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

Those costumes are amazing!

[@lauroronces2480]

im mexican but i do love this kidn of miusic pow wow Dancer Nice

[@Jeanette-gw9qy]

The regalia they wear is all so intricate and beautiful...

[@disco0752]

Very nice! Those clothes must have cost some money.

[@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII]

It's called regalia and they are made by the wearer, in this case, the grass dancer.

[@marialuisaledesma5324]

Que belleza de bailes tradiciones y cultura!❤❤

[@misaeire]

Loving the traditional costumes ,dress

[@terrynorlo3196]

I am so proud to see the indigenous tribes Teaching the newer generations About the past and showing them how important it is to keep their traditions alive. I can only hope that this younger generation teaches their children.

[@garnerjoyce606]

Taught in distinctive ways, very much on a person's own till find safety. Freely travel by that I mean usually no interference unless very real danger.

[@garnerjoyce606]

Past...

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Thank you for sharing this! ❤❤❤

[@steffenglatz1165]

Which song is the first? You want to join in when you hear that first dance...

[@Elizabeth-gj1qv]

I'm Native American and love anything In music of the Native American Nations .

[@fentonplain9233]

Wondering who got what with the other prizes? That Roach, Bead Work, Outfit, Feather Box & assume feathers and that other stuff?? 🤔🤔

[@xpump876]

fantastic!

[@andreamichellelopez5600]

I feel it beautiful SOULS 💦🔥💯🕊️👁️

[@jorgemercado9690]

Mexicanos y Nativos de Naciones de Todo el Norte de usa y canada Somos Primos Hermanos

[@dolphin1392]

Astonishing ❤ I love it!Greetings ❤️

[@pascalduran8835]

Sorry i dont speak english...😂 It's very very Wonderfull...... En français..... Je trouve ça extrêmement magnifique......j'adore....limite..j'ai envie de pleurer 😢tellement c'est beau

[@Blacknight-1111]

I would like to dance like that, this for me is the most spirit full culture in this world. May we all see the full ness (nest) in thus life.

[@MariaReyes-wg5zx]

If you learn how to dance this you can pretty much dance to the beat of mostly any song. The drum is so simply yet the source of the rhythm of any good song. 🦅

[@Mr.JerziiE]

Just Give To Go In Person And Families And Friends Not so many Dancers in Real Life America in 2023 it's Still Beautiful Bright And Love!!!!

[@nicole-kp3sy]

Merci pour votre réponse, j'ai appris quelque chose de bien beau. Très belle énergie céleste et de la mère terre.🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹💐🌳👍👏❤❤❤❤ Nicole 🇨🇵 France 🇨🇵❤️♥️♥️

[@sunicamerer247]

It has a different meaning when your mom died 20 years ago but she went to an an Indian Boarding school...shilaqua (sp?). But she wiuld cry when westerns came on and the Indians were killed. Son died of fentanyl but my daughtér, Emma Snuggs, lives on...watchtch out... She's such a fighter. I love you Em...i never told you how much cuz i cant but i do grandma, granny, the Webbs... Oklahoma!!!

[@MoussMickey]

Wow wow partagé votre. Culture sur la France et sur le reste de l'Europe ❤❤❤

[@MrButcheese]

awesome, nothing but white fringes and black tips

[@beverlyballard8783]

Love it!

[@erwin4501]

Marvellous the tradition is being so well upheld

[@claradavis5911]

I see why the Men and Women of the Indigenous Native American culture look and stay healthy 🤔 looking because their jumping up and down, a lot at the POW WOW !!!! to me in a way that's good excerise almost like aerobics. However, if your physically fit and your body can take and stand it well, may the Great spirit continue to bless you. 🙏 Godbless 😂❤😊

[@mikec7956]

Awesome !!

[@fidenciaramirez5980]

Que hermosas Danzas ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GailKostandaras]

Very nice indeed. I am part Cherokee& Potawatomi in the Irish side.....

[@ruthhartgers2688]

Beautiful!

[@吾輩は柴犬]

カッコいい〜！生で見てみたいです❤

[@garnerjoyce606]

Interesting how trees fixed to point directional, that I believe. Make their way home, especially in inclement weather.

[@Rebeca-j3x]

Simplemente hermoso !!!

[@AzMurphy2022]

Was a cool deal for them to pick but they only pick who they know also .. still the same as them picking the first round … so pretty much still a fixed deal .. jus saying .. y’all have a good one

[@LindaBahlmann-wl6qu]

Ya seem to know them all well….,just saying….😊

[@MrStaybrown]

It's always been that way. The trick is to politic and get to know everyone, then you'll always place. It also teaches you to network, communicate, be a well-spoken person, and be a good way to stay out of trouble.

[@Nephew_grouse]

If I was a powwow committee, I'd probably just put everyone's name and number in a draw for that category. But for specials you can have judges and pick your ppl. You don't gotta be the best to bruise and win or lose. That's why you gotta prove ppl wrong and keep dancing you'll eventually know them ifyou keep going.

[@draighlenoire2535]

It seems that a person would have to be in good shape to keep up with the extreme physical dancing. And the costumes are wonderful!

[@nancyrobertson550]

Are Swamp people father and son who are Members of the Mandaree at this powwow

[@nancyrobertson550]

Would love to see them in costumes and dancing

[@orangeblueandlavenda]

I'm have to make mike a pair of moccasens

[@yusufziyacetin]

Turk and native Americans brothers national 🇹🇷

[@heathertorres8636]

These warriors get it❤❤❤ 🎉congratulations winner🥰🥰🥰

[@danielevictoria5698]

Je le répète :Superbes costumes, impression deforce, de puissance

[@chazzlanza7212]

Im dine paiute and hopi and all i see is gods children dancing

[@quietsparklez11]

so awesome!!

[@MrStaybrown]

Slow down guys its not fancy dance. Work on leg strength and cardio.

[@JayySheridan-sz1xs]

Grass dance, and the men's Traditional dance, comes from my Tribe Umonhon of Nebraska. Originators.

[@olivierneyrat477]

merci vous etes magnifiques .

[@terrybrown8151]

Amazing 😊😊

[@self8069]

Lady stopped me dancing on the side of the road, off road a bit for safety of course, says I need to get into one of these. I didn't grow up with the luxury of family, but I am willing to try, I love the sound of this art, how would I get into one?