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Original Painting of San Ildefonso Corn Dancers by Soqween - C3899D
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, May 25th 2017, 2:05pm
An interesting division occurred at San Ildefonso around 1920 resulting in a split which was primarily of a religious nature, but family dissensions also were involved. The result was one faction remaining in the North side and the other on the South side near the round kiva. As a result, San Ildefonso is described as the North and South Sides, instead of the traditional Winter and Summer moieties. Edelman and Gile 1975
The Corn Dance is often the principal dance of the pueblo ceremonies. The people from the North Side and those from the South Side form two different dance teams which then alternate dancing, then returning to their own kivas between dances.
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