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The saguaro juice is boiled and constantly stirred to make syrup_image #8.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The saguaro fruit is boiled with water to make a thick syrup, called sitol_image #5.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The saguaro cactus's fruit ripens in June after the white flower petals fall off_image #2.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
A saguaro-rib pole, called a ku'ipad, is used to knock the fruit to the ground_image #4.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
After the fruit is cooked, the juice is separated from the pulp through a burlap strainer_image #6.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The saguaro juice is strained to separate the liquid from the seeds_image #7.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The saguaro syrup is fermented into the ceremonial wine in a round house_image #9.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Tohono O'odhams are going out into the desert to harvest the saguaro fruit_image #3.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Mr. Benito Segundo's Fiesta in Topawa
Community
Photograph Collection, Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Couples dancing in the decorated yard outside Mr. Benito's house. Orchestra against the wall of the house.
Mr. Benito Segundo's Fiesta in Topawa
Community
Photograph Collection, Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Couples dancing in the decorated yard outside Mr. Benito's house.
A Papago Round Dance, 'Bat,' at Ted DeGrazia's, Tucson, Arizona
Community
Photograph Collection, Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Music, Song, and Dance
Summary
Dancers circling, holding hands.
New Year's Dinner at the Feast House
Community
Photograph Collection, Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
The orchestra ready to play for the dancing. The orchestra would have been playing chicken scratch, or Waila, music. People at the table under the ramada in the background.