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What is a kachina?

What is a kachina? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
  2. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
  3. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
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They will allow themselves to be seen by a community if its men properly perform a traditional ritual while wearing kachina masks and other regalia.
Commercial art includes the making of kachina dolls, silver jewelry, woven baskets, and pottery.
The name of this kachina was Hair Eater, and he was supposed to cut off the hair if he beat the boy, but he never did beat him.
The kachina religion was most active among the western Pueblos and was less important as one traveled east.
This style is also worn by the Longhair kachina, one of the important Hopi spirits who live in the Peaks and bring rain to Hopiland.
The workshop focuses on the Hopi kachina as a representation of the spirits in nature, especially as they relate to rainfall.

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