Tlingit Dancer by stringz
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Description
The Tlingit People: “We are the original settlers of Southeast Alaska.” The Tlingit village of Saxman is located 3 miles south of Ketchikan. A group of the Saxman villagers put on a show of ritual dances for the tourists.
Stage back drop: The hole in the center is hidden by the dancer, but it represents the entrance to a Tlingit dwelling. There is only room for one person to enter at a time. Therefore, if only women and children are there, they can beat intruders on the head one at a time.
This was taken on an Alaska trip just before we turned completely digital. My husband was using a digital camera, and I was using a 35mm Olympus Stylus 200 zoom 80 Wide DLX. I went through my negatives and resurrected this picture.
Comments (3)
dbrv6
Nice capture of the colors here. Very nice textiles.
camera
Your scanned negative brought out all the detail a print made from the negative would have produced. The colors are very rich and exciting.
claylady
Interesting shot! The costumes are really colorful.