How to Perform a Native American Rain Dance
Perform a Native American Rain Dance
How to Perform a Native American Rain Dance
Rain dances are one of the most famous dances among the Native American culture. The purpose of the rain dance is to invoke the Gods to bless the Earth with much-needed rain showers. The rain dance ritual and ceremony varies from tribe to tribe, and the intricate steps involved in the rain dance vary among tribes as well. However, one common factor amongst all of them is that the rain dance is performed in ceremonial headdress and is danced spinning clockwise. You can perform a simple Native American rain dance once you understand the basic concept and procedure.
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
- Locate a large open area outdoors to perform your Native American rain dance. Choose an inspiring place where you are surrounded and inspired by nature to achieve the best mood and setting in which to dance.
- Form your Native American rain chant. Your chant should be rhythmical and easy to say quickly and can be anything as simple as repeating "Rain" over and over again.
- Raise your hands to the sky and begin to spin in clockwise circles while chanting softly. Close your eyes, and become one with nature; gain inspiration from the breeze on your cheek and the smell of the outdoor air.
- Spin faster gradually while increasing the volume of your Native American chant, until you are spinning as fast as you can and yelling your chant as loud as you can.
- Continue dancing and chanting simultaneously as long as you wish before abruptly stopping and dropping to your knees.
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