Canyon de Chelly II by danapommet
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This is a traditional Navajo Hogan. It is usually round and cone shaped, but now they make them square, with the door facing the east, to welcome the rising sun, for good wealth and fortune. The Hogan is considered sacred to those who practice the Navajo religion and this Hogan was built near the visitor center so we could go inside to see how it was built. The mud roof covers a log style roof for strength and insulation. The traditional Hogan has a hole in the roof to let out smoke and a Navajo rug covers the door. Since this one was built for tourists, it had a stove and you can see the chimney pipe at the top. You can also see that the space between the framework logs, in the walls, is filled with mud and or clay. The conversion from round Hogans, I am told, was because of the availability of wooden railroad cross-ties as the railroads moved towards the west coast. The new style Hogans became hexagonal. Today, while some older Hogans are still used as dwellings and others are maintained for ceremonial purposes, new Hogans are rarely intended as family dwellings. Some info based on National Park Service materials, some from Wikipedia and some from the Navajo people that I met. Scanned from a photo taken in 1996.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a peak and for all your previous comments.
Dana
Comments (21)
bimm3d
wonderful photo!!!
pixels29
excellent post !
MrsLubner
I did a double-take when I saw the stove pipe. :-) It is a very carefully made structure. And a wonder.
Hubba1
Very cool :)
cv1
Fantastic find!!! Nice job!!
Faemike55
the stove pipe is a bit incongruous to the typical hogan! Great photo and information
jendellas
It looks quite spacious, great info.
sandra46
GREAT SHOT, I REMEMBER THAT HOGAN!
zil2008
I could use a door on the south for wealth and good fortune. Nice capture.
orig_buggy
can't image the kind of work that is involved building one ...excellent shot!!
mgtcs
Amazing....really great shot, fantastic photo, well done!
mariogiannecchini
Costruzione caratteristica e interessante spiegazione . Bella foto Dana . Buona domenica ! Construction characteristic and interesting explanation. Beautiful picture, Dana. Good Sunday!
3x3
great shot my friend x
lizzibell
great photo..
Katraz
Looks like it could do with some patio doors and a few windows, bet its cool inside though, Great picture.
flavia49
wonderful shot!!!
ShadowsNTime
Awesome! I would love to have gone into an old one. I meant to thank you for the Navajo greeting in the previous picture. I am signed up to learn Cherokee online but I like knowing words from the other tribes as well. I love when you do these series! Thank you so much! Wonderful capture and info Dana!
jocko500
this is super. I saw some photos of huts and the inside to be the same as the vikins of Norway. wonder if they had some contact here? I saw many Indains houses by Flagstone to be made of stone and is square shape long before the vikins came to America. just wondering? Of couse too they may have made them round for the world was round too?
frankie96
Amazing the different structures built by man...each seems to serve its purpose in relation to its environment...
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
mickeyrony
The superb ones photographs my friend and very explanatory. It is the richness of a glance. Cheer still and mile mercies Yours always so creative in yours posts ((5++)) De superbes photographie mon ami et très explicative . . C'estt la richesse d'un regard . Bravo encore et mile mercis . Tu es si créatif dans tes posts Bravo ((5++))