Powwow Dancer ☀️

The dancers are competing for prizes and it was very hot that day. I was able to capture this dancer later in the day with her feet off the ground. There are some really good dancers at the powwows.

Note the work that goes into the dancer’s regalia.

_{Canon T6 EOS 1300 D, August 2018, (#6346) by @photobe/ (alt account) @rebeccabe.
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Where the term Powwow originated

"Powwow was an Algonquin term, "pauwau" or "pauau", which referred to a gathering of medicine men and spiritual leaders. "Pauwauing" referred to a religious ceremony, usually one of curing. In the 1800's the European explorers observing these religious gatherings and dances mispronounced the word as powwow. source