NOUN
- a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
- a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift
- a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
How To Use kachina In A Sentence
- An ancient Hopi Prophecy states. When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens the 5th world will emerge.
- It's not like me telling people; it's the kachina spirits.
- In fact, the owner had requested a kachina tiger sculpture—something he had never done before. The Sacred Promise
- Phoenix's character chooses to live life in the Nevada desert as a hermit making Navajo kachina dolls that he believes have magical powers (a kachina is a spirit in western Pueblo cosmology and religious practices). Marina Cashdan: On the Anniversary of River Phoenix's Death, Artist Slater Bradley and Cinematographer Ed Lachman Revisit his Final, Unfinished Film.
- ka", part of the word kachina, the Hopi spirits, of which Masau'u was one. Latest Articles
- This style is also worn by the Longhair kachina, one of the important Hopi spirits who live in the Peaks and bring rain to Hopiland.
- Some ceremonials, such as the Zuni Shalakos, feature kachinas in ten-foot high costumes.
- The ripe corn is eaten; corn pollen and meal are used in kiva ceremonies and at kachina dances.
- Among the Hopi, the kachinas are said to live in the San Francisco peaks near Flagstaff.
- The petroglyph at the Kachina Bridge formation in Natural Bridges National Monument has drawn curious visitors for years.
