In any culture, but especially in societies that primarily focus on oral traditions, language is life.
Words become the symbolic representation of spiritual, mythic, and historical beliefs.
Utilizing this component, the Zuni have made the very words sacred. Present in every native religion is song. Music carries our prayers to the very heavens. Jewish, Muslim, and Native religions celebrate the sacred, express thanksgiving, and offer prayers through song. Primarily, the chant is a prayer, a please for life-sustaining elements.