We Yah Hani Hah Coastal First Nations Dance Festival

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Featuring dance groups from up and down the Northwest coast @ the
Museum of Anthropology, UBC
We Yah Hani Nah: Coastal First Nations Dance Festival
Sunday, February 17, 3:00 pm
Gilhast Dancers - Gitksan; Le la la Dancers - Kwakwaka'wakw; Dancers
of Damelahamid - Gitksan
Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm
Eagle Song Dancers - Squamish; Git Hayetsk Dancers - Nisga'a &
Tsimshian; Dancers of Damelahamid - Gitksan
Sunday, March 16, 3:00 pm
Special performance by TBA; Copper Maker Dancers - Kwakwaka'wakw
In partnership with the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, the Dancers
of Damelahamid and MOA welcome you to the inaugural We yah hani nah
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. We yah hani nah brings together
the richness and diversity of traditional First Nations dance groups
from the coast of BC. The festival is named for a feast song belonging
to Chief Kenneth Harris of the Dakhumhast House of the Gitksan Nation,
which is used to welcome visitors to witness at a feast. Come and
experience dramatic masked dances, ancient songs, beautiful button
blankets, and Northwest Coast