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Vika [28.1K]
3 years ago
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What was the purpose of the corn dance that was performed by the wichita people

Geography
2 answers:
PolarNik [594]3 years ago
6 0

<u>Answer: </u>

The purpose of the corn dance is to purify oneself.

<u>Explanation: </u>

  • The summer corn dance is a ritual in San Domingo. This has been accepted as a tribe’s catholic ceremony. The pleblo Indians have been catholics and the corn dancers since 17th century.
  • This marks the life of the pleblo as birth, procreation, death, land cultivation and so on. If they do not dance, they believe that the planet would not grow crops, children would not be born, sky would not rain, seasons would not turn up.  
lisabon 2012 [21]3 years ago
4 0

The answer is, was held when the first grass appeared, when corn ripened, and when corn was harvested... Hope it helps!!

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