False Face Ceremony
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Ceremonies, Rites, Rituals
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: United States
Article abstract: During the False Face Ceremony, certain tribal members don special masks which they believe give them the power to cure disease
The False Face Ceremony refers both to the rite performed by members of the False Face Society during the Midwinter Ceremony and to individual healing practices during which members of the society control sickness with the power of the spirit in the mask and the blowing or rubbing of ashes on the patient’s body. At midwinter, the society comes to the longhouse to enable people to fulfill particular dreams or to renew...
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