Le La La Dancers at Klahowya Village in Stanley Park Alert Bay Nisga'a Potlatch

The Klahowya Village at Stanley Park is a Vancouver-based aboriginal tourism package to introduce to the public and tourists the appeal of the First Nations culture and native art. During the summer months of July and August 2010, the Le La La Dancers from Alert Bay, BC and a number of other native groups performed a number of traditional native dances involving a number of creatures including a killer whale (orca), bear and raven at Klahowya Village to the delight of the crowd. Many visitors also caught a ride on the Spirit Train, a miniature train services that was also part of the Klahowya Village.

George Taylor, the lead singer and dancer of Le La La Dancers, acknowledged himself to be part of the first nations tradition and a continuation of the way his ancestors had taught him. He sung the songs and did the dances he had learned from the potlatch ceremonies in the native village years ago when he was just a young boy living in Alert Bay, BC, in the northern part of Vancouver Island. Though the native language and potlatch gatherings were banned by the Canadian government at one point, it was through the perseverance of the First Nations people that the indigenous culture of Canada had survived to this day. The potlatch ban was repealed in 1951.
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• Vancouver Canada
• Stanley Park
• First Nations
• Pacific Northwest
• Native Dance
• summer 2010
• culture and arts
• Klahowya Village
• dreamcatcher
• Aboriginal tourism
• miniature train
• Spirit Train
• Children's Farmyard
• petting zoo
• Metis
• Alert Bay
• Le La La Dancers
• Indian culture
• potlatch

[allisonscow]

@thehumanracesux klahowya village is a new addition to the park and has a 3 year contract and will be on again on in 2011 for the summer. Well worth it to check out! :)

[thehumanracesux]

wow i don't remember seeing that when i went there 18 years ago, thats cool i'm planning on going again.