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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Navajo ceremony
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gptkbp:aimsTo
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restore balance
restore harmony
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Nightway
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Native_American_tribe
Navajo cosmology
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:Washington_Matthews
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gptkbp:duration
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nine days
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gptkbp:features
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prayers
elaborate costumes
sacred songs
masked dancers
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gptkbp:firstDocumented
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late 19th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Navajo Night Chant
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gptkbp:importantFor
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one of the most sacred Navajo ceremonies
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gptkbp:includes
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dances
rituals
chants
sandpainting
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gptkbp:influenced
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anthropological research
Native American music studies
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Navajo
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Navajo_Nation
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gptkbp:mainDeity
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gptkb:Talking_God
gptkb:Black_God
Water Sprinkler
House God
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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Yeibichai dance
Night Chant songs
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gptkbp:performedBy
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medicine men
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gptkbp:practicedIn
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gptkb:Navajo_people
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gptkbp:prohibits
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audio recordings
photography
public dissemination
initiated participants
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gptkbp:purpose
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healing
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gptkbp:season
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late fall
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gptkbp:significance
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cultural preservation
spiritual healing
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gptkbp:symbolizes
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restoration of order
connection to ancestors
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gptkbp:transmittedBy
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gptkb:oral_tradition
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Old_Chief_Nanaquiba
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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