The Kiowa gourd dance is the traditional dance of the Tai-pe-go warrior society, one of the many men’s societies within the Kiowa tribe. The name of the dance is derived from the special rattles held by the dancers, originally made of rawhide but now of baking powder cans or metal salt shakers. Even though these metal rattles have been used in the dance for more than 50 years, they are still referred to as gourds when speaking of them in English. Leonard Cozad, Sr. Says of the gourd dance, “It’s just like prayer songs. It just makes you happy and makes people feel good. When we sing these songs we want to help the people who may be in mourning and want to come back, or may be sick, or have troubles. When they hear the drum and the song, then they want to live-they want to go on to hear these good things among the homes and their children."
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