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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1929
Page
5
Readable excerpts describe the Hopi Snake Dance ritual at Hopi settlements, detailing the legend of Snake Youth and Snake Maiden, nine ceremonial days, Antelope and Snake societies, snake washing, prayer-sticks, sand paintings, and the climactic public Snake Dance with carriers, huggers, and gatherers, ending in a mass offering and ritual display.
The account details a ritual where Snake Priests handle venomous serpents at the kiva, release them along trails to spread the message, then purify with an emetic and feasting. Antelopes do not partake and accidents are masked by ritual and timing.
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