A ceremonial Cherokee dance with both spiritual and social meaning, celebrating important events and themes like harvest, redemption and forgiveness — the Cherokee Word of the Week is “stomp dance.” | Visit Cherokee Nation

🌽🌽🌽 The Cherokee Corn Dance depicts men and women working together to harvest corn. The men harvest the corn and also praise the women while the women collect the corn in their basket. This is an example of a Cherokee social dance. Social dances were done to - well, socialize, with people in your village and other villages. They’re meant to be simple dances that anyone, even children, can participate in. They are not ceremonial, so they are able to be demonstrated to the general public. Socia

Sometimes things get a little heated during the bear dance and the bison dance 🤷🏻‍♀️ Cherokee social dances are so much fun to watch. Traditionally done as a way to well, socialize with people in your community and visitors, these dances were meant to be easy enough for anyone to participate in. Today, as Possessing a Sense of Humor is one of our Cherokee Core Values, these dances provide joy and entertainment to our visitors and demonstrators alike. Oconaluftee Indian Village is an open air l