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This is my jingle dress and it is a healing dance that was given to the Ojibway people a long time ago
It's used in not only pow wows but a lot of ceremonies as well
And I've been dancing jingles for my whole life
It's just like really fast steps to the beat so its kind of like this the whole time
An adult jingle dress has about 365 cones
signifying a prayer for each day and signifying every day of the year
Flowers and berries
and things like that are significant to Anishinaabe people
so that's the design on the dress and on the cape or yoke
And then there's also Elk teeth
on there as well as the ribbon the different colors signifying the area these people
It's a huge learning experience, not just the singing and the dancing but being able to just interact with all of the different students and the dancers
And everybody that's going to be there
It's kind of just like a really big social event
And that's what pow wows were a long time ago
and It's just a really big celebration and people have so much fun