43rd Annual O'Odham Tash Festival
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 21:09
Casa Grande hosted its 43rd Annual O’Odham Tash Indian Days festival this past month. O’Odham Tash, “the gathering of people", brought tribes from around the country and Canada to participate in the four-day festival from Feb. 12 to Feb.15.
The celebration started from humble beginnings in 1968, as a way for Casa Grande to thank the tribes around the area for shopping in Casa Grande by having a four-day long party. Since then, O’Odham Tash has brought in hundreds of visitors and has become the largest Native American festival in the nation.
One of Casa Grande’s biggest contributions to the festival is shutting down half of their main street, Florence Boulevard, for the annual O’Odham Tash parade. The parade marchers included students from all over the country, princesses and princes from various tribes and politicians from Arizona. The theme of this years O’Odham Tash parade was called “Keeping Traditions Alive.”
In addition, the O’Odham Tash celebration also has encompassed an Indiana Pow Wow, a Native American rodeo hosting over a hundred competitors, a carnival, a fast-pitch softball game and a dance. The money raised from the rodeo and other events goes towards a scholarship for Native American students of all ages and grades.The festival allows vendors from all walks of life to sell food, beautiful Native American jewelry, paintings, sand sculptures and woven baskets, as seen below.
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