part 2 of the project

As well as games there will be a section that will be devoted to the traditional dances
of the iroquois such as the eagle, bear, rabbit and stomp dances. All of the dances will
be preformed one after the other with a few minutes between. during this break one of
the dancers will explain the signifigance and origin of the dance to the spectators. An
example would be the rabbit dance. In this legend two hunters saw hunreds of rabbits
dancing around a larger rabbit. when the hunters returned to their village they showed
the elders the dance the rabbits preformed and the elders were impressed so they named
the dance after the rabbits to show their gratitude. Also before the dances that
spectators can participate in there will be a demonstration of how the dance is supposed
to be preformed. volunteers will then be able to preform along side the professional
dancers. Here is a clip of one of the most popular dances and is also a dance that the
audience can join in.
It's called the bear dance. once all the dances have been completed there will be a
longer 30 min break before the dances are repeated. Dancing will start at around noon and
will continue until the festival ends with this fromula.