In an effort to giving equal time, today I include information for Mohegan Sun's Wigwam Festival.
Annual Wigwam Festival
Date/Time August 17 - 18, 2013, 10:00 am -7:00 pm
Where: Fort Shantok
Admission: Free
Parking: Air conditioned shuttles
Activities: Indian art exhibits, competitive native dance exhibitions, native craft vendors, traditional native food vendors, old style Pow Wow drumming, contemporary native performers
The Mohegan Tribe celebrated Native American heritage in the summer of 2012 with its traditional Wigwam gathering. The ceremonies were held at Fort Shantok, the Tribe’s ancestral grounds on the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19.
Wigwam has been an annual event since the late 1800s, when it was devised as the “Green Corn Festival.” It marked the late summer harvest, providing a way to reach out to the community and to support themselves through the sale of food and crafts. Those traditions continue to this day, and Wigwam is now marked by the contemporary members of the Tribe for the third weekend of each August. Many of the Native attendees dress in traditional regalia, wearing clothing that featured eye-catching colors, designs, and constructed elements that demonstrate their heritage and carry on visual traditions.
Usually this event featurs an array of Native American artisans and crafters, along with food vendors serving Native-inspired cuisine, from frybread to various fish and shellfish dishes inspired by the foodways of the Eastern Woodland tribes. The popular dance and music events will also be included, with prizes given in dance competitions.
That's all for now.
Binbin
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