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The Hopi Religious Life

The Hopi Religious Life. Roads of Life. Religious Awareness Through Disenchantment. The Kachina Cult. The way to awareness. Are the spirit of the invisible forces of life. They are attired to represent certain spirits.

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The Hopi Religious Life

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  1. The Hopi Religious Life

  2. Roads of Life Religious Awareness Through Disenchantment

  3. The Kachina Cult The way to awareness

  4. Are the spirit of the invisible forces of life. They are attired to represent certain spirits. Their dances are part of various ceremonies representing seasons and phases in life. The Kachinas

  5. Prior to initiation the children have been protected from seeing the kachina dancers without their masks and from seeing masks not worn. The kachinas are known to give the children gifts. Stories are told about them. They are heroes. What the Kachinas mean

  6. Children imitate kachina dancing and emulate the high qualities identified with the kachinas. They are role models for the Hopi way of life and so are mimicked by the children including their dances. Some kachinas have a fearful appearance which threaten children who are acting badly. The “Symbol” of the Kachina

  7. The Transformation The initiation rites during the Powamu ceremony

  8. It is the first major ceremony of the kachina season. The children are taught many new things about their culture. They undergo ritual whipping. During the conclusion of the ceremony at night in a dance a major “transformation” takes place. The Powamu Ceremony

  9. The Kiva

  10. The children hear the kachinas approaching and the kachina father invites them to come into the kiva to dance. As the kachinas descend the ladder the children see for the first time the kachinas without masks. Furthermore, the kachinas were male relatives of theirs. Transformation

  11. The Disenchantment • The children begin to question their reality. • However, this demonstrates to the children that things are not what they appear. • There is more to reality than meets the eye. • They learn: that a spiritual reality is conjoined with, and stands behind, the physical reality.

  12. Sources • http://www.uwec.edu/greider/Indigenous/Student.Web.Pages/Art.indigenous/web.kachina/images/hopi.misc_copy.JPG • http://www.adsforever.com/kachinas1.html • http://www.adsforever.com/kachinas2.html • http://www.ortegasjewelry.com/Images/Hopi1.jpg • http://www.grandfathersspirit.com/cards/312KachinasOfPowamuth.jpg • http://www.cjasper.com/MesaVerde/Kiva.jpg • http://www.upstairsgallery.com/gifs/kiva.jpg • http://www.santafe.edu/images/kiva.gif • http://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu/~marek/archive/polaroid_pix0/kiva.jpg • http://www.4kids.org/backissues/98/4kidsHTML12-20-98/kiva.jpeg

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