Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers concert collection
By: performed by the Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers ; sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Contributors: Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers; Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress); American Folklife Center; National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.); Folklore Society of Greater Washington; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Zuni dance; Zuni Indians; Dance costume; Music; Flute music; Zuni Songs
Other titles: Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers; Music and dance from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; Homegrown 2002, the music of America; Homegrown 2002 concert series; American Folklife Center concert, 2002-11-13
Description: Collection consists of sound and video recordings and black-and-white photographs of the performance of traditional music and dance from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; plus 2 color photographic prints of the group in ceremonial dress. Fernando Cellicion, director of the group, performs flute music based in his own tradition and borrowed from other tribal groups including the Hopi, Rio Grande people, Kiowa, Sioux, and Comanche. The dance group performs songs and dances for intertribal powwows and other public ceremonial occasions.
Notes: "Cosponsored by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, in cooperation with 'I Hear America Singing,' a Library of Congress project celebrating America's music"

Black-and-white photographs of performance at the Library of Congress by James Hardin. Color photographs include publicity photos of the group taken at Zuni and performance photos taken by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian.

Fernando Cellicion, director; Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers.

Recorded in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 12:00-1:00 p.m., Nov. 13, 2002.

Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers Concert Collection, 2002, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Videorecording in Zuni and English.