NAVAJO

LIFE

• The navajo are very family oriented
• They base there life on everyday occurrences
• Many games and traditions evolved from their way of life
• Long winter nights and boredom led to most of their ideas
• The navajo life is rich with ceremonies and rituals

CEREMONIES AND RITUALS

• Most navajo groups celebrated a lot
• They performed ceremonies for treatment
• Treatment of mental and physical sicknesses
• Ceremonies took up to a month!
• Even the less important ones took five or six days

ARTS

• Many dry-paintings were made
• As well as necklaces and other jewelry
• Rugs and carpets were made
• Face painting was very common
• They created many statues also

LOCATION

• The navajo call themselves the dine or the people
• They are located in North America
• They migrate often and there tales are original
• Their location is around New Mexico

RELIGION

• A group of antomorphic deities are most important
• They believe in gods mostly spider woman or the changing woman
• The sun god is the most powerful of the gods along side are her two sons the monster slayers
• Other powers include animal bird and reptile
• The strongest powers are natural phenomenon like wind light and dark

LIFE AND DEATH

• Traditionally the navajo didn't believe in life after death
• They started out morbidly afraid of death like it was a monster
• Somewhere along the line someone created the afterlife
• The navajo began to believe in it
• Often they where buried with their belongings to take to the afterlife

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