When they teach the child, the singer plays a special dance drum. On the drum is an image of an Indian and a buffalo head. There are colors on the side of the drum. The colors represent the four directions. White would mean north, red would mean south, blue would mean east, and yellow for west.
Dancers wear fancy masks and costumes.
They are decorated with paint, branches, horns, and feathers. They would dance joyfully when corn had grown. The Pueblos would dance in sadness when there were poor conditions. They would sometimes dance fearlessly with rattlesnakes. The dances are planned carefully and last for hours.