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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.