Ocmulgee Indian Celebration

2008 - The Seventeenth Celebration

Ocmulgee National Park

Macon, Georgia

Once again the Middle Georgia area is hosting the Annual Indian Celebration at Ocmulgee National Park in East Macon. The event will conclude on Sunday, September 22, 2008. About 300 Indians from various regions of the United States of America made the trip to Middle Georgia this year to Celebrate the Indian Heritage which abounded in this area many, many years ago.

This is a group of young Indians from the Cherokee Animal Social Dancers from North Carolina. The performed several dances. Their official name is "Medicine Lake Dancers." They captured the hearts of both young and old as they performed their "Ant Dance" which involved several dozen members of audience.
As you can quickly ascertain, these representatives of their Native Tribes are a proud people and are ready to share their heritage with everyone.

The costumes are very colorful and the dancing is very interesting to watch. There must have been several hundred in attendance for the morning performances on Saturday, September 21, 2008.

This Young Girl captured the hearts of everyone in attendance. We were informed that young Indian Children are taught to dance and learn their respective culture at a very young age.

The Flower Child enjoyed the opportunity to attend this event. A special thanks to FM 100.9 for providing the Tickets. I won them for knowing the correct answer to a question concerning Bette Davis.