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Record 1 2014-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

... traditional dress helped the participants to connect their physical body to the spiritual world by wearing significant sacred objects, presenting themselves as a totem figure or enabling their bodies to carry significant markings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Le costume traditionnel des hommes peut comprendre un vêtement décoré de perles ou de piquants de porc-épic, de franges colorées et de plumes d'aigle. Le costume traditionnel des femmes peut comprendre des robes longues ou au genou décorées de perles, de rubans ou de coquilles; elles peuvent également porter des mocassins et des jambières, ainsi qu'un châle spécial.

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