The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony - Washington Matthews

The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony

By Washington Matthews

  • Release Date: 1905-01-01
  • Genre: Social Science

Description

The Mountain Chant is a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony, one of several major rites undertaken only in winter. Aside from curing disease, it brings rain and invokes the unseen powers for general benefit. Though perhaps practiced less often now than better-known ceremonies such as the Night Chant.

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