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Originally Posted by sentient
Maybe it bears some similarity to Sundance?
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I know we had touched on
‘Sundance’ before, but I watched a documentary about it again:
https://www.nfb.ca/film/sacred_sundance/
Quite moving.
Saami are also big on the Sun symbolism, but I cannot speak from experience here since I have never given offerings to the Sun as Saami do/did.
The 4 corners in the middle of the drum (as a cognitive map) represents the Sun and 4 means the ‘4 phases of the Sun’. The 4 phases also means the way from Earth to the Sun along which prayers are sent and blessings received.
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/sami/im...um-face-eg.jpg
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This drum is very sun-centered. The Beaivi (the Sun) is a part of the pillar of the universe around which everything takes place in the heaven of the deities as well as among people below.
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So, I would imagine Saami to be able to relate to the ‘Sundance’ quite well and I assume ceremonies like that would bring or focus awareness on the collective identity (awareness space).
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