Physical description:
Patricia Aeschliman McGreal, 1993: Maidu Tulay Dance, 1976 According to Betty Castro, The Tulay Pajjo, or Tulay Dance, was a dance in honor of the feather skirt-capes worn by the male dancers. It was a special dance that could only be danced by properly qualified dancers at the most important seasonal dances. "Tulay" was the Nisenan word for the feather skirt-capes. This dance is probably the Tura or Tula dance described to Beals by Jim Dick in 1929. The dance is danced by an equal number of men and women. Its purpose is sometimes curative. The dance came from the Pleasanton area, probably brought by Yoktco in 1872 as part of the Ghost Dance cycle of dances. The hewi, tula, and kilak dances described by Beals could only be performed at night. People could not leave the dance house while they were being performed lest they have various harrowing hallucinations. Children were not allowed to see these dances.
Content description:
According to Betty Castro, The Tulay Pajjo, or Tulay Dance, was a dance in honor of the feather skirt-capes worn by the male dancers. It was a special dance that could only be danced by properly qualified dancers at the most important seasonal dances. "Tulay" was the Nisenan word for the feather skirt-capes. This dance is probably the Tura or Tula dance described to Beals by Jim Dick in 1929. The dance is danced by an equal number of men and women. Its purpose is sometimes curative. The dance came from the Pleasanton area, probably brought by Yoktco in 1872 as part of the Ghost Dance cycle of dances. The hewi, tula, and kilak dances described by Beals could only be performed at night. People could not leave the dance house while they were being performed lest they have various harrowing hallucinations. Children were not allowed to see these dances.
