Singers, dancers, drummers from throughout the Southwest gather in San Diego for two-day event designed to preserve customs and heritage
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Dancing is one of the main attractions at the event, which draws participants from throughout the West and Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, even Oklahoma. A late-morning gourd dance featured a member of that state’s Pawnee Nation. Serrato sat in with the bird singers Saturday morning, shaking a gourd rattle filled with palm seeds. He said they sang tunes about Kumeyaay life that have been passed down through the generations — songs about travel, about the weather, about death.The Balboa Park Pow Wow, hosted by the
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