Someone told me that Sara didn't go to school last week because someone died at home. "Her hair has been cut." "What is the meaning of her haircut?" I asked. "When someone dies, they will do it."
Today Sara returned to the Lillian Valley School and wanted to study for me. She brought her book and request, "Ms. Judy, can I read it for you?"
"I know your grandmother passed away. I am sorry for your loss.
The other two kindergarten girls are approaching Sara, and Mica tells me that Sara's great, great, great great-grandmother passed away.
"Sala, how old is your grandmother?" Sarah didn't know.
I asked, "What if your hair is cut?"
My mother wraps it in paper and plastic. Sarah didn't know what the hair had done after wrapping.
"Someone died because of your sadness, would you cut your hair?"
"Yes, we don't dance." Sarah continued to tell me, "My name is cherry blossom."
"Sakura, what a beautiful name." Sakura and I turned to her story book. She is smiling.
Sarah returned to her desk. Marcia brought the marked containers and placed them on Sara's table. Then Mica and Marcia sat on their chairs with their chairs, and their three sheets of paper were overlapping.
When I was at home, I went to the Internet to study the funeral and funeral customs of Shoshone-Bannock. I found an article "Bannock Pride has no preservatives" that tells me that Marcia Racehorse-Robles and David Robles make wooden coffins from beech, cedar, cherry or birch groves. David is a carpenter, handmade coffin, and Marcia decorates them with wild animal burns, deer skin buttons and brass trim.
Marcia sought spiritual inspiration before decorating the coffin. She is likely to put Pendleton's blankets and pillows in the coffin.
Shoshone - Bannocks are returning to their traditions. The tribe members burned the campfire and set up a tent where family and friends could privately visit and stop using it at night.
In the past, in order to release emotions and sorrow, it may lead to illness and alcoholism in the future. If it is not released, it is a habit. This practice is no longer practiced.
I have learned from other sources that long hair is considered an extension of people's spirit. When it was cut off, in the case of losing a relative, it was burned to sacrifice to support the relatives to the other side of the journey. Cutting also reflects the loss and suffering in the physical world.
I am honored to be with Cherry Blossom and her friends at the very special Lillian Valley School sponsored by the Shoshone-Bannock tribe elders.
Orignal From: Spiritual Practice of Shosone-Bannock Haircut
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