Songs of the Iroquois
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2 or more singers, usually about 6-10, in the middle, water drum and horn rattles
fish step style
Single file, two men lead the dance, other men join in pairs
Women join the men, two at a time and join the line between the men so that the line eventually ends up as two men, two women, two men
Song changes beat and the men and women switch places, so that the women that started on the inside of two men, end up on the outside of two men
The song ends and the partners stay where they are until the next song, and they will switch places again, when the beat changes.
Also known as "Fish Dance"
"Stomp" Step dance style
Singers in the middle water drum and horn rattles
Pairs of men side by side dancing around the singers forward
Pairs of women dancing side by side backwards facing men
The beat slows, the men raise their arms in arches, women run through, the beat speeds back to normal men lower their arms women stay where they are until the beat slows again
Once through the end women go back to the beginning
During some socials a man can be heard vocalizing a duck quack
