Calgary Stampede Powwow shines in Saddledome for the first time this week yyc
While powwows have taken place at the Elbow River Camp since Guy Weadick — the founder of the Calgary Stampede — and the First Nations of Treaty 7 collaborated with Stampede events, this week’s event is the first of its kind in the Saddledome, with $175,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Competitors take part in the 2022 Calgary Stampede Powwow, featuring competitive dancing, drumming, singing and a showcase of other Indigenous performances. Tuesday, July 12, 2022.The competition is broken into several categories, including ladies’ jingle, ladies’ traditional and ladies’ fancy, men’s buckskin, men’s traditional, men’s grass dance and men’s chicken.Article content
Competitors take part in the 2022 Calgary Stampede Powwow, featuring competitive dancing, drumming, singing and a showcase of other Indigenous performances. Tuesday, July 12, 2022.The Saddledome was glistening with colourful regalia Tuesday afternoon as the competition began. Crowchief said the dancers take pride in their regalia and cherish the time put into the beadwork and design.
“I was dancing before she was born,” Raylene said. “I carried her while I danced so she was born to the circle, and before she could walk we had her regalia.”“This is a competition but there are also ceremonial aspects to it; taking care of our regalia and our feathers and how we carry ourselves,” she said.
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