Ebook: The Night Chant: A Navaho Ceremony
Author: Washington Matthews
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: University of Utah Press
- Language: English
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Washington Matthews studied Navajo language and lifeways as an ethnologist and linguistics expert in the late-nineteenth century. His unique opportunities to observe ceremonies and record the roles of participants resulted in landmark studies of Navajo ritual and tradition.
The Night Chant provides a detailed description of healing rites, songs, myths, and prayers for the nine-day ceremony, which is performed only during 'frosty weather.' This edition includes powerful contemporary observations in a foreword by John Farella.
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