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Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

Submitted by ken on April 19, 2007 - 12:45pm.
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Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon

"Several Kwakiutl people dancing in a circle around a smoking fire, in an effort to cause a sky creature, which they believe swallowed the moon, to sneeze thereby disgorging it." The photo was taken in British Columbia in 1914 by Edward S. Curtis.

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