| Traditions of Tsimshian and other west coast aboriginals |
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With so many beautiful art creations, wondrous and weird stories, spiritual and ceremonial practices there is definitely too much detail for my Love Site that takes us away from the special substance of traditions passed on from the past. I have studied all the coastal tribal groups traditions and art forms to better understand the similarities, all of which do have some connection in one way or another. Mainly we can see that the art forms of the north in al the tribal groups shared some developmental associations that probably occurred through artists being hired by other Chiefs from different tribes, which the artists had the freedom to do. Or through kidnapping them in raids and wars, which shows that in all cultures, original art has always carried some strong impressions and high value. In the aboriginal system of the west coast the better the artist the better the Chief looked, and in most cultures. Most importantly the art forms and shapes brought the communication of family characters and historical happenings, substituting the unwritten language. Verbally the stories were passed on with very high value and even though each story teller added his or her own flare to the stories, they held in very high regard sometimes given as gifts or developed into ceremonial dances. |