Choctaw Days 2013: Four Directions Ceremony
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- Choctaw Days 2013: Four Directions Ceremony
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- To open the first afternoon session, Choctaw Nation royalty perform the Four Directions Ceremony. Presley Byington explains the symbolic significance of the ceremony and gives thanks to the creator. Presley Byington is a flute maker from Idabel, Oklahoma and is adept in many aspects of the Choctaw culture. Recorded in the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian on June 21, 2013.
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