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常规舞者：坎帝(Dean
Canty)
1999年11月
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Yap Ye Iswa (卡托巴族日)
地方性遗产
卡托巴族印地安人曾定居在南、北卡罗来纳州境内的卡托巴河附近。17世纪时，意为「河边居民」的卡托巴族，人数尚有5,000名，但到了20世纪末时，卡托巴族的后裔只剩下约1,200人，他们住在南卡罗来纳州的罗克希尔周围。最后一位会使用卡托巴语的人名叫红雷云(Red
Thunder Cloud)，他是一位歌者及说故事的人，于1996年1月过世。
由卡托巴文化保存计画所策办的Yap
Ye Iswa (卡托巴族日)，于每年感恩节后的那个星期六举办，旨在颂扬卡托巴族的常规。卡托巴族透过这个节庆来表彰他们的文化，并与拥有不同背景的人一起分享他们的常规。
节庆一开始就是由河灵(River
Spirit)鼓乐团所表演的召唤歌，歌曲演奏的同时，则伴随着内有部落战士、舞者及鼓手的大进场(Grand
Entry)。大进场后，好几个部落鼓乐团打着鼓，部落舞者则同时表演常规的卡巴托舞蹈。现场还有根据卡巴托民间传说改编而成的布偶秀，以卡巴托语演出，另外，他们也会透过录影的方式，向他人介绍卡巴托的文化。
The Catawba Indians used to inhabit the territory around the Catawba River in North and South Carolina. In the 17th century the Catawba, which means "people of the river," numbered about 5,000, but by the end of the 20th century there were only about 1,200 descendants of the Catawba, who lived around Rock Hill, South Carolina. The last known speaker of the Catawba language, Red Thunder Cloud, a singer and storyteller, died in January 1996.
The heritage of the Catawba is celebrated by the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project, which holds a festival every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving -- Yap Ye Iswa (Day of the Catawba). The festival is a way for the Catawba to celebrate their culture and share it with people of all backgrounds.
The festival begins with a calling song performed by the River Spirit drum group with the Grand Entry of tribal veterans, dancers and drummers. After the Grand Entry, various tribal drum groups play while tribal dancers perform traditional Catawba dances. A puppet show based on Catawba folklore and in the Catawba language is presented, as well as video presentations on the Catawba culture.
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