As mentioned in my last post, right after the wedding ceremony I had to go to work. I don't normally work weekends, however, as it happened where I work hosted their annual Pow Wow. I shot tons of photos, between helping in the canteen, paying out dancers, and pitching in where I was needed. Now the challenge is which photos to post.
I'll start with this photo, it's one of my favorite! This Pow Wow was by far the biggest one in the area this year, with over 800 registered dancers on the Sunday and packed grandstands (standing room only) it was busy!
The children always capture my heart...
We were blessed to have dignitaries from the Northwest Territories in attendance and a few of them played a couple of songs, what an honor to hear this.
The main event of the pow wow was Iron Man and Iron Woman competitions, the dancers danced for a new car. This was surreal to witness, the last two women danced for 45 minutes, then the judges were brought in as neither of the women were about to relent, in total they danced 48 minutes! This next photo is the woman who placed second, she was amazing!
Poundmaker's Iron Woman 2016
The men didn't dance quite as long as the women did, the winner of the Iron Man contest danced for 41 minutes and he's a repeat winner, rightfully so. He danced like there was no tomorrow and earned the car he won, now he has a new vehicle to drive back to California!
And one final photo, as I mentioned it was challenging to pick which ones to share, but I hope you enjoyed the pictures. If you've never been to Pow Wow, I highly recommend you take one in, it's not only something to witness, it's something to feel.
