Associations to the word «Potlatch»
Noun
- Totem
- Feast
- Northwest
- Idaho
- Blanket
- Boa
- Latch
- Kan
- Redistribution
- Ceremony
- Gift
- Anthropologist
- Ritual
- Whaling
- Wealth
- Cannibal
- Pueblo
- Navajo
- Commoner
- Sawmill
- Clan
- Afterlife
- Ban
- Pulpit
- Clown
- Deceased
- Notebook
- Sergei
- Healing
- Giving
- Celebration
- Dance
- Plank
- Moose
- Kinship
- Pole
- Alaska
- Guest
- Bella
- Lumber
- Seattle
- Symbolism
- Caste
- Funeral
- Immortality
- Canoe
- Coast
- Tribe
- Apache
- Raven
- Mask
- Shaman
- Watershed
- Crest
- Singing
- Pierce
- Indian
- Rite
- Ancestor
- Plateau
- Religious
- Dancing
- Salmon
- Reservation
- Bead
- Bulletin
- Auction
- Custom
- Euro
- Copper
- Host
- Canadian
- Tradition
Adjective
Wiktionary
POTLATCH, noun. A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of wealth and generosity.
POTLATCH, noun. A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
Dictionary definition
POTLATCH, noun. A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.