Your support is very special and we want to thank you for being patient in hearing from us. First let us talk of happiness. The Hopi still practice many things which bring happiness to people. Hopi have not yet commercialized the native dances, so anyone who is fortunate enough to be in Hopi land at the right moment can share with us our joy. An exception is during the Sacred Ceremonial, most of it is barred to outsiders.
Most dances are in the summer months.
These dances bring together our relatives and friends from neighboring villages and from distant places. We also get to see our youngsters from far away schools whom we may not have seen for months, even years. We laugh with joy to see how our children and grandchildren have grown. We, the elders, tease one another about our age. We look back over our younger days and on to our long gone grandmas and grandpas in an effort to find our family tree.