Jingle Dress
Jingle dress is a style of pow wow regalia and dance typically danced by women. Rows of metal cones adorn the dress making a jingle sound as the dancers move.
Health Benefits:
Exercise/Movement/Physical Activity
Community Wellness
Spirituality
Health Condition:
Cardiovascular Disease
Method of Use:
Ceremony
Cultural Narrative
Several community members described the importance of pow wows as cultural gatherings that embody many traditions consistent with healthy practices for individuals, families, and communities.
One community member tells a story about how the jingle dress came to be known as a healing dance. Jingle dress is a category of dance regalia and movement, primarily danced by women or feminine-identifying community members and is known as a healing dance which can be called by community when healing is needed from sickness, struggles, loss or even conflicts among other healing needs.