Time for a Pow Wow!

We enjoyed our Art's Week so much last week that we have continued with some of the activities into this week too! The drum is instrumental to the culture of the Native American and a centrepiece of a pow wow. The drum helps everyone attending the pow wow to achieve balance and feel the heartbeat of the Earth Mother. We made up some chants and kept the beat steady using our drum that we made last week, and then we performed a rain dance! This is a ceremonial dance that many Native American tribes have performed for centuries, usually during the late summer months when rain is needed for crops and droughts most often occur. After the weather we have been having recently, we don't think we need to worry about a drought though! Have you got a favourite type of dance that you like to perform?