Tusuvus (navajos) @ Hotevilla

[@kaecake9575]

Love to you Hopi from Dinétah. Ahéhee Shik'is🕊️

[@slmc8955]

Hopi/Navajo dance honors the shared customs, spirituality & beliefs we cherish to this day.

[@Merlin-ur1dz]

My Father and Mother new a great medicine man from Hope land I think he's was from first Mesa ❤from Dine

[@al5561]

Beautiful proud people

[@Alison-o9d]

Thank you to Elders and Youngsters doing the Dance.

[@MrKmoconne]

The interesting aspect of this dance is how much gift giving is talking place. Baskets of gifts are being sent back and fourth to the dancers and their family are stepping forward to accept the gifts.

[@siital51]

yea, so the boys are “paying” the girl for dancing with him and her family is “paying back” as well for her picking him to dance.

[@bahe2010utube]

Everything from dollar store

[@MrKmoconne]

​@@bahe2010utube Oh stop it! Let me have my fantasy of Hopi peace and harmony. 😑

[@akeleven]

This is what relationship is supposed to be.

[@Edward-gk4dj]

My/our village !

[@ironykills7101]

Really enjoyed this ..lil guy with no shirt was getting it wasnt he ❤ hes a dancer 4 sure

[@yomamahohoho6513]

Dang all haters lit those firecrackers 😂

[@PEPT0BISM01L94]

They did that on purpose

[@wiscounter]

I am Dine…maybe this ceremony was created to manifest peaceful interactions with their Dine neighbors??? The people’s of the Southwest were not always best of friends. My people used to steal sheep and wives from the Mexicans and Pueblo peoples. When the Dine were forced on the Long Walk, many of the Pueblos of the Rio Grande valley did not want the Dine near their homeland because of that bad blood. However, at the best of times the people’s shared and learned from each other.

[@bryanbekise1645]

True but I would hear from the Great elders of of my childhood how at one time how the Pueblo’s and Navajo’s and some Apaches band together to hold back the Aztec that leading the conquistadors up through central part of New Mexico

[@slmc8955]

Navajo men went after the little ones taken (stolen) from them when the Mexicans came onto Southwest regions; young boys, girls & females (stolen) taken to be used as slaves. Navajo men retaliated by taken horses & sheep from the Mexicans & Spaniards. Navajos & Apaches fought for the land. Some Navajos became refugees to neighboring tribes. Pueblos; where some of our clans come from.

[@bryanbekise1645]

@@slmc8955I agree !!! From stories grandparents on both side of my parents told of how the tribes would unite against a common enemy and at times how Navajo and Pueblo and Apaches and the Zuni would hunt together! My grandparents would say don’t believe what they teach about in the history books haha

[@gamboairagto4006]

Greetings from California Khai Mana. I am not a Native American, but I am interested in learning a little bit about the Native American culture. Can you help me in telling me what this dance represents? Is this part of the Navajo culture or Hopi culture? Do you happen to know if the Hopi Land is open to the public for visiting again? Thank you Khai Mana for sharing your videos.

[@thatonehopi3087]

This is Hopi and we support all natives like Navajo,Great plains and yeah and I think so cause social dances are popular for this time of year until later

[@gamboairagto4006]

Thank you very much for the information. I am willing to visit the Hopi Nation someday soon and watch some of the dances if I am allowed to visit the community.

[@thatonehopi3087]

@@gamboairagto4006 ok no problem

[@wenmcbrainvansandt3030]

​​@@gamboairagto4006Hi there and GREETINGS from HOPILAND I'm from a different village called Shungopavi and what information that was given by my relative is accurate and of goodness everything we Hopi do in our ceremonies are mainly for the rain for good crops good health and prayers for all mankind and the Navajo dances along with many different types of dances like the Apache, Paiute, Supai, Comanche and other tribes are performed by our Hopi people and children and they are also performed as a sign of peace between all the tribes and to bring everyone together in peace love and harmony throughout the whole world. So yes there is a lot to learn from each race of people who also come visit our homeland and our dances and yes the reservation is open to the public now but just be careful as COVID is still around. MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS MY FRIEND

[@wenmcbrainvansandt3030]

​@@thatonehopi3087Owii lolmaii KWA-KWAII

[@haroldbuckley-ix6sj]

❤

[@JanSparkles1]

Wondering what this dance honors?

[@JakyChan-u3h]

🎉ABJ❤

[@marcellacasey1324]

❤️✊🏼💪🏼🪶

[@lenatsosie]

This not navajisy

[@BCT-fx7wg]

These aren't Navajos

[@thespameater09]

No, they are not. This song and dance was probably created to honor their Navajo neighbors, which was most likely pre-European/Colonial era. For example, there are some Pueblo tribes in New Mexico that have Comanche dances that honor the Comanche tribes that used to be in the area.

[@BCT-fx7wg]

​@@thespameater09I'm both Pueblo and Dine so I know that and than some. That comment was for those who don't know.

[@martinjenkins8270]

⁠​⁠@@BCT-fx7wgso are they Pueblos honouring Dine?

[@BCT-fx7wg]

@jameszeena832 I am Navajo fool. I don't judge any native American culture at all. I love all my brothers and sisters. What's judgemental about that comment. Haha. Stay in your lane.

[@Ava-bc2he]

@@martinjenkins8270 This dance is taking place in the hopi reservation its hopi honouring basically