subarctic culture
Like all cultures, the peoples of the subarctic have their own unique style of the arts that portrays what makes them who they are. Because of the Subarctic People’s mobility they did not make large totem poles, or cumbersome tapestries. instead the most popular form of art was embroidery in intricate designs.They decorated clothing with dyed porcupine quills, teeth and beads made from seeds, or later glass. This provided the subarctic people with mobile, wearable types of art.
Their culture and worldview was also passed down through song and dance. Like most native groups, they made large drums, sometimes two feet in diameter, out of tightly stretched animal skins. The beating of the drums accompanied song and dance, and even games. ( see games)
Their dances were religious, based on songs they brought back from their journeys to heaven. It also expressed practical things such as fishing, hunting and eating. No move was too trivial or ridiculous in the long sessions of singing and dancing around a fire.
In these ways, the rich but simple culture of the subarctic can be preserved in their traditional from.
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Their culture and worldview was also passed down through song and dance. Like most native groups, they made large drums, sometimes two feet in diameter, out of tightly stretched animal skins. The beating of the drums accompanied song and dance, and even games. ( see games)
Their dances were religious, based on songs they brought back from their journeys to heaven. It also expressed practical things such as fishing, hunting and eating. No move was too trivial or ridiculous in the long sessions of singing and dancing around a fire.
In these ways, the rich but simple culture of the subarctic can be preserved in their traditional from.
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