Stomp Dance

The "stomp dance" is the traditional dance and song of the original people of the Southeastern United States, such as the Euchee, Cherokee, Seminole, and Muscogee (Creek). While this dance and song occurs traditionally around the fire, at night, and during the ceremonial season in the summer, some traditional people will go inside for social and demonstration dances for educational, commemorative, celebratory, or other fellowship purposes. Several types of "stomp dance" songs exist, depending on their place in the ceremonial cycle. One explanation details the songs as prayers by the leader, which are then carried up to the creator by the smoke from the sacred fire; other songs commemorate the peoples' reverence for nature and its blessings; some songs' meanings have been lost over time, but are carried on in the ceremonial context in what one Keetoowah Cherokee elder "the original language of God".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• stomp
• dance
• Muscogee
• (Creek)
• Euchee
• Seminole
• Cherokee
• Oklahoma

[ekvcate]

Noble Arena, Norman, OK

[ginnyawe]

I love this. I never saw this before and I'm taking a music class right now and there's a song on the CD by the Cherokee Indians called Stomp Dance. Well, as soon as I heard it, I felt amazing inside and was drawn to it. This is a beautiful ritual. I really love this.

[nativesweetie25]

@knapper you are correct this is a ceremonial dance but if you watch the guys feet they should be stomping and when the leaders are really gettin into it they stomp hard and the men even yell to stomp hard in creek which is basically telling them to dance harder.

[badazzndn1]

this is a great leader . to do this outside stomp grounds and havce these suporters , vwow

[badazzndn1]

i am so proud to be native . when you hear this you should be singing loud !!!

[stompdancer62]

MVTO FOR THE STOMP !

[seminolendn1]

Nice video! Where was this held?

[Ennit4]

1997, old jamz