The three-day event featured Indigenous dancers, singers, traditional food and craft vendors
Mishell O’quin sat under a pop-up canopy Sunday as her teenage daughters put on the final pieces of their regalia ahead of grand entry for the Barona Powwow.
“In life you have your ups and downs, but usually when I need to readjust myself, I always go back to my cultural practices,” O’quin said. “I just wanted to make sure that they had a solid foundation in that so that when they too went through their journey, that they had something to fall back on.”O’quin and her daughters were just one of many families participating in the 51st annual Barona Powwow, a three-day event held each Labor Day weekend in East County.
On the last day of the powwow Sunday, a group of gourd dancers kicked off the day demonstrating a ceremonial dance that originated in the Kiowa Tribe. Phillips, who is Kiowa, said the dance was created as a way to honor those who kept watch at night as the tribe was traveling south from Canada. Sasha Williams, 11, from Livingston, Texas, a Jr. Tribal Princess, and member of the The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, participates in Gourd Dances during the 51st annual Barona Powwow, held at the Barona Sports Complex on the Barona Indian Reservation on Sunday.
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