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More Navajo men dressed as ceremonial figures, 1900-1904 AD (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] inspector_gadget@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That’s really beautiful and spooky

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any info on what presumably mythological figures these people are dressed as?

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I think the front one is Nayenezgani, judging by the other pic I posted, and the back one is Yebechai, but don't quote me on that. No clue about the middle.