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Here are some interesting and main customary activities of the Appaches ,which I found through web search ,taken from three different sources for which links are mentioned for your further references.
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Customs of Appaches:
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Apaches believed that everything in nature had special power. Some animals were possessed by evil spirits or ghosts. Those animals were bears, owls, and coyotes. The crow was a sign of good luck. They believed in the Great Spirit. Legends say the Great Spirit was sent mountain spirits to show the Apache how to live a good life. The mountain spirits called Ganhs taught the Apaches many ceremonies and chants to overcome disease. After the Apaches ignored the Ganhs’ teachings they became upset and disappeared into the mountains. Apaches acted out the Gahns and performed ceremonial dances to bring them back. The Apaches believed the dancers could absorb illnesses in a wand and blow it away with the wind as the dancers moved.
Ref; http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports2/apache2.htm
The sunrise dance:
From early spring to late fall, Apache girls reaching maturity are honored by their tribe with the Sunrise Dance. This ancient ritual is a test of a girl's endurance and discipline, and a celebration of her womanhood.
Ref:
http://www.greatdreams.com/apache/apache-tribe.htm.
The marriage:
The girl choosen to be married by the warrior is suppoded to give the girls for a herd of ponnies(the number asked by the girl's father).Then he is ready to take the girl.
The burial ritual:
The dead warrior is clothed with his best clothes,his face painted and made to sit on horse.He is taken up to the mountain caves ,chanting his victories. Then he his ,placed inside the cave and the entrance is covered with piles of stones.The horse that took the dead warrior is slewed.
Re-marriage:
this is allowed if the widow of the warrior is left without any issue immediately and in case of having children after three years of the death of the husbands.
Ref: http://www.aaanativearts.com/apache/Apache_marriage_burial_Geronimo.htm
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Customs of Appaches:
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Apaches believed that everything in nature had special power. Some animals were possessed by evil spirits or ghosts. Those animals were bears, owls, and coyotes. The crow was a sign of good luck. They believed in the Great Spirit. Legends say the Great Spirit was sent mountain spirits to show the Apache how to live a good life. The mountain spirits called Ganhs taught the Apaches many ceremonies and chants to overcome disease. After the Apaches ignored the Ganhs’ teachings they became upset and disappeared into the mountains. Apaches acted out the Gahns and performed ceremonial dances to bring them back. The Apaches believed the dancers could absorb illnesses in a wand and blow it away with the wind as the dancers moved.
Ref; http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports2/apache2.htm
The sunrise dance:
From early spring to late fall, Apache girls reaching maturity are honored by their tribe with the Sunrise Dance. This ancient ritual is a test of a girl's endurance and discipline, and a celebration of her womanhood.
Ref:
http://www.greatdreams.com/apache/apache-tribe.htm.
The marriage:
The girl choosen to be married by the warrior is suppoded to give the girls for a herd of ponnies(the number asked by the girl's father).Then he is ready to take the girl.
The burial ritual:
The dead warrior is clothed with his best clothes,his face painted and made to sit on horse.He is taken up to the mountain caves ,chanting his victories. Then he his ,placed inside the cave and the entrance is covered with piles of stones.The horse that took the dead warrior is slewed.
Re-marriage:
this is allowed if the widow of the warrior is left without any issue immediately and in case of having children after three years of the death of the husbands.
Ref: http://www.aaanativearts.com/apache/Apache_marriage_burial_Geronimo.htm
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