. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORE] NOETHEEI^ UTE MUSIC 95 Sun Dance and Undetermined Dance Songs—Continued RHYTHMIC analysis—Continued Table 22b.—COMPARISON OF TIME UNIT OF VOICE AND DRUM Number of songs Serial Nos. of songs Time unit of voice and drum the same 6 6 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. Total 12 SOCIAL DANCES OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN THE BEAR DANCE Turkey Dance One of the principal dances of the Utes at the present time is known as the Turkey dance. This name was given the dance by white men, the native name meaning ''jigging ; The writer. Fig. 3.—Diagram, Tur
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORE] NOETHEEI^ UTE MUSIC 95 Sun Dance and Undetermined Dance Songs—Continued RHYTHMIC analysis—Continued Table 22b.—COMPARISON OF TIME UNIT OF VOICE AND DRUM Number of songs Serial Nos. of songs Time unit of voice and drum the same 6 6 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. Total 12 SOCIAL DANCES OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN THE BEAR DANCE Turkey Dance One of the principal dances of the Utes at the present time is known as the Turkey dance. This name was given the dance by white men, the native name meaning ''jigging ; The writer. Fig. 3.—Diagram, Turkey dance, a, Dancing circle with dancers seated. 6, Drum with drummers seated, c, Position of leader before dance begins. ------ Path taken by leader, who is followed by dancers. The erratic motion is continued indefinitely. witnessed one of these dances in the summer of 1914. The accom- panying instrument is a large drum placed on the ground at the right of the entrance to the dance circle, the drummers being seated around the drum and singing as they beat upon it. Women seldom participate in this dance. The motion of the dance is forward, and the step consists in putting the feet to the ground alternately, the point of the foot touching the ground first, after which the heel is "put down with an ; There is no prescribed direction. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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