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Navajo Art - Coggle Diagram
Navajo Art
Paragraph 4: women
create new designs for every weaving they make
a mythic ancestor named Spider Woman
woven blankets
imitate the transformations that originally created the world
create images through which they experience harmony with nature
Paragraph 1: sand painting + chant
The Navajo, a Native American people living in the southwestern United States
diverse social fabric
large floor paintings
traditional cultural practices
in precise patterns on the ground
through their fingers to create the finely detailed imagery
paintings and chants
impersonated by masked performers
500 sand paintings
well-trained artists and singers
memory aids
Paragraph 2: meaning & purpose of sand painting
one of the most basic ideals of Navajo society
restore beauty and harmony to the world
curing process
Paragraph 3: men
renditions
bring beauty to the present world
inhospitable
life of a mythical hero, who, after being healed by the gods
make sand paintings that are accurate copies of paintings from the past