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| ====== The Sacred Clown ====== | ====== The Sacred Clown ====== |
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| ====== Alfonso Ortiz ====== | ====== Alfonso Ortiz ====== |
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| ====== "Sacred Clown" ====== | ====== "Sacred Clown Synopsis" ====== |
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| Ortiz's study of the sacred clowns opens many different doors. Ortiz begins his writing by noting that on June 22nd and 23rd of 1968, he had heard about a public ritual that was to held on the 23rd in a rather conservative Hopi village and he plans to see the proceedings for himself. While observing from a roof, Ortiz notes that there are two groups of dancers (one that is dancing in perfect sync) while the other group is just a little off in their movements. Both groups are labelled "kachinas," which is a spirit being in the religious understandings of the Pueblo people, but they provide a really fascinating juxtaposition even before the clowns' appearance as both group represent different tribes, natural forces, and attitudes. For example, the out-of-sync group is supposed to represent the Navajo tribe (at least from Ortiz's understanding), so the clowns are not the only members of the rituals that critique aspects of other tribes around them. | Ortiz's study of the sacred clowns opens many different doors. Ortiz begins his writing by noting that on June 22nd and 23rd of 1968, he had heard about a public ritual that was to held on the 23rd in a rather conservative Hopi village and he plans to see the proceedings for himself. While observing from a roof, Ortiz notes that there are two groups of dancers (one that is dancing in perfect sync) while the other group is just a little off in their movements. Both groups are labelled "kachinas," which is a spirit being in the religious understandings of the Pueblo people, but they provide a really fascinating juxtaposition even before the clowns' appearance as both group represent different tribes, natural forces, and attitudes. For example, the out-of-sync group is supposed to represent the Navajo tribe (at least from Ortiz's understanding), so the clowns are not the only members of the rituals that critique aspects of other tribes around them. |
