Abram
Abraham
When growing up my mother was very into the Native American culture. We attended pow-wows, festivals, and sun dances. I vividly remember the sun dances. I saw and felt things I could never explain or replicate.
There was an arbor circle with an arbor pole in the middle. The arbor pole was a tall tree that was cut down and was carried to the site with never touching the ground. The arbor circle was very sacred and you had to smudge your self in sage smoke before entering each time. You could not were rubber sole shoe either. Women on their period (moon cycle) could not enter.
There were ropes that hung down from the top of the arbor pole that would be tied to pieces of bone. These bones were pierced into the chest skin (left and right side.) They would stand there and sing and dance. When it felt right they would lay back and break the skin.
This was a real brief description that leaves other rituals out. But this has impressed me even to this day. I have always wanted to discuss this with people who understood it but never met anyone who has been to one. I would love to share and discuss this with someone who's been to one.
There was an arbor circle with an arbor pole in the middle. The arbor pole was a tall tree that was cut down and was carried to the site with never touching the ground. The arbor circle was very sacred and you had to smudge your self in sage smoke before entering each time. You could not were rubber sole shoe either. Women on their period (moon cycle) could not enter.
There were ropes that hung down from the top of the arbor pole that would be tied to pieces of bone. These bones were pierced into the chest skin (left and right side.) They would stand there and sing and dance. When it felt right they would lay back and break the skin.
This was a real brief description that leaves other rituals out. But this has impressed me even to this day. I have always wanted to discuss this with people who understood it but never met anyone who has been to one. I would love to share and discuss this with someone who's been to one.