Associations to the word «Potlatch»
Noun
- Totem
- Feast
- Northwest
- Idaho
- Blanket
- Boa
- Latch
- Kan
- Redistribution
- Ceremony
- Gift
- Anthropologist
- Ritual
- Whaling
- Wealth
- Cannibal
- Pueblo
- Navajo
- Commoner
- Sawmill
- Clan
- Afterlife
- Ban
- Pulpit
- Clown
- Deceased
- Notebook
- Sergei
- Healing
- Giving
- Celebration
- Dance
- Plank
- Moose
- Kinship
- Pole
- Alaska
- Guest
- Bella
- Lumber
- Seattle
- Symbolism
- Caste
- Funeral
- Immortality
- Canoe
- Coast
- Tribe
- Apache
- Raven
- Mask
- Shaman
- Watershed
- Crest
- Singing
- Pierce
- Indian
- Rite
- Ancestor
- Plateau
- Religious
- Dancing
- Salmon
- Reservation
- Bead
- Bulletin
- Auction
- Custom
- Euro
- Copper
- Host
- Canadian
- Tradition
Adjective
Wiktionary
POTLATCH, noun. A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of wealth and generosity.
POTLATCH, noun. A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
Dictionary definition
POTLATCH, noun. A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment).
Wise words
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