Feast for the Dead

Dead, Feast for the

Annually or semiannuallyAn Iroquois Indian ceremony, the Feast for the Dead—the 'Ohgiwe —is an attempt to placate the spirits of the dead. Sometimes the 'ohgiwe was used as a healing ceremony, for it was believed that an offended spirit could cause sickness or loss of sleep. Often it was held in the longhouse in the spring or fall as a communal ceremony.
The ceremony itself consists of two long dances, a ritual during which pieces of cloth are waved back and forth and distributed to all the singers and dancers, and the ceremonial carrying out of the kettle or drum. There are social dances after the feast is over, and a mock-struggle over special cakes that have been prepared for the dead.
SOURCES:
DictFolkMyth-1984, p. 816
EncyNatAmerRel-2001, p. 85
EncyRel-1987, vol. 7, p. 286
HolSymbols-2009, p. 257
(c)

单词	feast for the dead
释义	Feast for the Dead Dead, Feast for the Annually or semiannuallyAn Iroquois Indian ceremony, the Feast for the Dead—the 'Ohgiwe —is an attempt to placate the spirits of the dead. Sometimes the 'ohgiwe was used as a healing ceremony, for it was believed that an offended spirit could cause sickness or loss of sleep. Often it was held in the longhouse in the spring or fall as a communal ceremony. The ceremony itself consists of two long dances, a ritual during which pieces of cloth are waved back and forth and distributed to all the singers and dancers, and the ceremonial carrying out of the kettle or drum. There are social dances after the feast is over, and a mock-struggle over special cakes that have been prepared for the dead. SOURCES: DictFolkMyth-1984, p. 816 EncyNatAmerRel-2001, p. 85 EncyRel-1987, vol. 7, p. 286 HolSymbols-2009, p. 257 (c)
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