May 15, 2008: Dancer

How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?


© 2008 Wanda Extrom, used here by permission
Photographer's flickr gallery

This dancer was photographed by someone called Oneshotww, at a powwow, in Fredericksburg, TX.

Posted on Wunderground.

Wow, Phantom of the Dance.

That is eerily...beautiful.

It would be bad cuz if I was wandering thru a moonlit forest I would likely be packin heat.

I would love it. Esp. if it was Elspode all dressed up for Beltane.

He is magnificent.

What's eating his head?

Forest?

The photo seems to be defective. There's a diagonal stripe across his chest that looks out of place.

Yeah i noticed that also. Just slide that stripe down a couple cm and abracadabra, all better.

This reminds me of the creature from "The Village."

That's Edward Featherhands!

Yeah, I don't know what that's about? It doesn't show in this picture.


© 2008 Wanda Extrom, used here by permission

[speculation] The photographer said, "Almost every time I tried to get a pic of this dancer, he had a camera up to his face taking photos of others, LOL."
Maybe he was trying to photoshop out a camera strap, where the color picture was taken during a dance. [/speculation]

well, but . . . he's not actually dancing.

Well but, he is. :p

A friend of mine in college was way into the Native American cultures and the local powows--back in the day, you can be certain he would have been at this particular one in Fredericksburg, but I don't know if he keeps up with it anymore... anyway, a couple of us were out driving in his girlfriend's car (he had no license because he was blind in one eye, but that's another story) and we got pulled over by a state trooper. He starts sweating bullets, and doesn't calm down until the speeding ticket's been written and the guy is long gone. We asked what was up, since this kid was the last person on Earth to be holding drugs or anything.

Turns out he had his authentic headdress in the trunk from a recent powow. As customary, it had real eagle feathers on it. These were collected from birds which were already dead, but it doesn't matter: they're completely illegal, and carry a multi-thousand-dollar fine per feather. City cops wouldn't know or care what they were looking at, but the state troopers around the rural areas where the powows are held usually do.

I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

xoxoxoBruce;453774 wrote:

How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?

skysidhe;453872 wrote:

Forest?

Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

"I know what trees are, Jennny."

Well, what's the likely-hood of meeting him in a dark alley? The city denizens would pluck him like a turkey.

Gravdigr;454019 wrote:

Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

And yet when I saw your post, my instinctive reaction was, "Run, Ethel... run..."
10 points and a lollipop for the quote.

The Streak? Oh, that's "Don't look, Ethel!" :blush:

How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?

As long as I was wearing my brown pants...

Cloud wrote:

I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

That outfit would be considered quite over dressed for Beltane. Less is the key word for the day. After all its the festival of fertility, gotta love it.:D

Brianna;453834 wrote:

I would love it. Esp. if it was Elspode all dressed up for Beltane.

Clodfobble;454057 wrote:

What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

You still have to get your Peyote illegally. :cool:

What's that in his right hand(left from our view)? Looks like a coin dispenser.

Oooh, a lollipop! I kick ass!!!!

Tree Fae;454102 wrote:

That outfit would be considered quite over dressed for Beltane. Less is the key word for the day. After all its the festival of fertility, gotta love it.:D

I had no idea there were so many pagans amoung ;)

SPUCK;454217 wrote:

What's that in his right hand(left from our view)? Looks like a coin dispenser.

I think it's a rattle. I can't find an image that matches, but I think I have seen them shaped like that.

The images in this thread have been removed by demand of the copyright holder.

Gravdigr;454019 wrote:

Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

Being of Cherokee decent I thought putting a plains indian in a forest was odd. He would be just as intimidating knocking on one's door . Indians are not a part of my nightmares. I've been to many pow wows and seen many costums so sue me. :P I didn't get the forest connection.

At least a few that I know of. With me the name is kinda a give away lol. I follow a Faery Path.

val5150;456747 wrote:

I had no idea there were so many pagans amoung ;)

skysidhe;460492 wrote:

I didn't get the forest connection.

I thought it was more apropos than, a dark alley.

I apologize to Oneshotww for using his/her picture. I figured once it was up on Wunderground, he/she wanted as many people as possible to see it. My bad.

I see it's been removed from wunderground also, but if you follow the link in the first post, you can see the rest of Oneshotww's pictures from that powwow. While they are not as spectacular as the removed one, they're very good. :thumb:

The images in this thread have been restored with the permission of the photographer.

Ah, cool, thanks Oneshotww.
I hated to lose a chance to share such a magnificent picture with our Cellar visitors. :thumb2:

thanks b and thanks Oneshotww!

ahhh wowww great figure.

great finds.. I esp love the one of the little boy. Oddy you can email these photos to people from wonderground?
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RE: peace pipes

Cloud;454007 wrote:

I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

Clodfobble;454057 wrote:

What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

xoxoxoBruce;454125 wrote:

You still have to get your Peyote illegally. :cool:

You crack me up!