US Ojibwe Nation Woman's Dress: "Jingle Dress"

US Ojibwe Nation Woman's Dress: "Jingle Dress"

Collection: Everyday Connections

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Country: USA
Continent: North America
Geographic Region: North America
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The Ojibwe Nation makes Jingle Dresses. They are used in dances in today's powwow gatherings.

The rows of metal cones, called  "ziibaaska’iganan" in the Ojibwe language, dangle from the dresses and rattle and clink as the dancers move. The metal cones were traditionally made from rolled snuff can lids. They are hung from the dress with ribbons close to one another, so they make a melodic sound as the girls and women dance. Nowadays, these cones are often machine-made.

The Jingle Dress Dance has its roots in the Ojibwe Nation in the upper Midwest of the US, around the 1920s. The story is that a medicine man’s granddaughter grew sick, and as the medicine man slept, his spirit guides came to him and told him to make a Jingle dress for her. They said if she danced in it the dress would heal her. And it did.

See also : https://free-images.com/display/2007_powwow_71.html
Source:
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/origins-of-womens-jingle-dress-dancing/
https://www.powwows.com/jingle-dress-dance/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/15/jingle-dress-tradition-native-american-dance

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