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Navajo song ceremonial complex

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The Navajo song ceremonial complex is a spiritual practice used by certain Navajo ceremonial people to restore and maintain balance and harmony in the lives of the people. [1]

9 relations: Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé, Chindi, Diné Bahaneʼ, Fertility, Jeff King (Navajo), Medicine man, Menarche, Navajo, Sandpainting.

Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé

() (also spelled Ahsonnutli, Estsanatlehi, and Etsanatlehi in older sources), meaning "the woman who changes", is one of the creation spirits of the Navajo.

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Chindi

In Navajo religious belief, a chindi (chʼį́įdii) is the ghost left behind after a person dies, believed to leave the body with the deceased's last breath.

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Diné Bahaneʼ

("Story of the People"), the Navajo creation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo, and centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo.

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Fertility

Fertility is the natural capability to produce offspring.

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Jeff King (Navajo)

Jeff King (1865?–1964; known in Navajo as Hashkeh-yilth-e-yah) was a US Army scout from 1891 to 1911, and went on to become a highly respected (singer, or medicine man).

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Medicine man

A medicine man or medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of indigenous people of the Americas.

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Menarche

Menarche (Greek: μήν mēn "month" + ἀρχή arkhē "beginning") is the first menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding, in female humans.

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Navajo

The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

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Sandpainting

Sandpainting is the art of pouring coloured sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or unfixed sand painting.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_song_ceremonial_complex

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