jueves, 19 de junio de 2008

**ENTERTAINMENT AND SOME CUSTOMS**



An important Cheyenne custom was the smoking of the peace pipe. There were strict rules that were practiced during the smoking of the pipe. A prayer was offered before the first smoke. Most men had their own specific way to smoke the peace pipe.
Another tradition of the Cheyenne was their story telling, which could only be done by certain people.



These stories were often related and followed a structure
The children would scatter about the area to swim, run, and model images out of clay. The women of the camp had many activities to keep them busy.
They would go off in groups to gather wood and roots early in the day. This was their time for joking and laughing. They gathered sticks from the ground and broke dead branches off the trees in the forest. The wood was divided up, formed into bundles, and strapped on their backs. They then set out for camp. The older men made bows, arrows and pipes, while the young men spent time enhancing their personal appearance or listening to wise men.
By: viviana Soriano...♥

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