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| Pueblo Ladder
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| © Dale
Tanis |
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| I found this Pueblo
Ladder in Acoma leading to a hidden kiva, a sacred
center for ceremonies and rituals in Native culture. It was hidden
because the Spanish forbade the Natives to worship their own gods. The
punishments were severe for disobeying. So to avoid religious
persecution, the Natives built their kiva into the row of houses and
gave the traditional round space a false square front complete with a
non-functional window to hide it from the occupying Spanish. This is
the only double ladder I have encountered in my visits to the
Southwestern pueblos. I can only imagine its purpose was to quickly
move a crowd of people into the kiva to avoid detection and therefore
religious persecution, preserving their centuries-old
rituals and ceremonies so vital to their
spiritual way of life. |
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Paper
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16 |
4 1/8"
x 5 7/8" |
7 1/2"
x 8" |
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