Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-20
MOQUi SNAKE DANCE
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION oF
QUAINT AND PICTURESQUE
RELIGIOUS RITE.
Fantastic oarb n ne 0sncefs-Wnas
the Dance Mesns-Desdly Snakes
Lose Their Power 10 Harm.

seiemist aeafimentalisls. iaddists
ana tourists hase Ill been aufryins
during the past TN days q reach ms
sunny spot % he Moqui desert says
i Denver Ne2s writer On
Aaxast b the great snake dance
Is 10 be held.
or an me wonderful esremoniale
aud dances N the Indian tribes tlis
d ~ most notorious u well AZ re
most ~nauseaIing & j. observed only
IN the SNAKE fraternity n tbe Noqlis
WaIpl i village W 500 inhaDlt
ants. situated On lhe mesa about 900
feet above the desert. i embraces
III. ruins III many q butts bun
dreds u years old
The yoang people who have a
tended the government schools, hse
and iress ike American citizens and
are fast becoming such They seofn
The traditions d their fathers and
uiGf not even look II a snake dance
The snake dance l. a weird rite
In which. ne IN most o. the sacred
ceremonies n The Hops people. n Q
PRAYER FOR rain. II dramatizes. 70
some extent. portions Of a legend 81
TIgo. 4 snake youth, and some o. the
arsf HopI Who came % The mesas
EThe Hopl are considered to be a rem.
nanf 81 The ancient Aztecs. who sought
refuge upon the cliffs from their host
lite neighbors. the Nagajos The
priests perform the snake lance blen-
%a4agly. ne villagers ~ the Other ise
a. alternating with WaIpi The pre-
snt snake and antelope f~sasetnltiesi
! which observe this rite knox nothing
~ ia origin They mereiy iHltas'
Ithelr forefathers 10 q few years edu
cation vii have come @ - mans
log NV nv generation that me esrs
mony VII ~ naugbt bur ! iegen1
The Invocation Of Rain.
The songa are ihe traditional melo
!. alss ableh bring rain and ne cers
!. monies are conseeraicd - antig 81
i. and reserea ~ most eaaeacioas
shaf purpose Tiie feielra'loa ~ Il
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