Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-08-01 / 8. szám
FRATERNITY 7 These were used to keep small children interested while they were lying in their cradle and while their mother was doing her work. As heat rose from the fire in the center of the lodge the air currents would cause the birds to move about as if they were in flight. Other items on display in the various houses include war clubs, slings, saddle bags, grass brooms, baskets, gourd dippers, cups and dishes, wooden dishes, scrapers and awls, combs made from yucca leaves, bows and arrows, buffalo robes, peace pipes, and such musical instruments as wooden rasps, wooden flutes, gourd rattles and water drums. In addition to the “houses” in the various villages, the visitor to Indian City sees the wooden racks for drying meat (built high and accessible only by ladder so as to be protected from the wolves and coyotes), the burial racks, the buffalo hides stretched on racks to dry and the open-air community shelters where the women gathered to do their work. Most impressive of all the buildings at Indian City is the huge ceremonial lodge of the Wichitas. This two-story-high circular “hut” was made by setting tall pine poles, split in half, in the ground and bending and tying them together at the top. This framework was then covered with thatched grass. During summer months, Indian dancing — with the braves in their brightly-colored costumes doing the “eagle dance”, “shield dance”, “war dances” and others — are a feature after each tour. During the winter, the dances are a feature of tours on most Sundays. After a trip through Indian City, U. S. A., it’s easy to see why this outdoor museum draws visitors from every state and from many foreign countries. Admission, which includes the guided tour and the Indian dances, is $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children. If it is possible for you to plan your trip to Indian City during the American Indian Exposition, it would be well to do so. This is an occasion when Indians from all over America come together at Anadarko for a week of pageantry, ceremonials and world’s championship war dance contests. The 1962 American Indian Exposition — the 31st annual event — was held August 13 through 18. Anadarko is 66 miles southwest of the state capital, Oklahoma City, and is reached by way of U. S. highways 62 and 281, and state highways 8 and 9. The aim of art —- and the aim of man's life — can only he to increase the sum of freedom AND RESPONSIBILITY that is in every man and in the world. Camus
