Oh, hi!
Cottonball here at Manito Ahbee
in Winnipeg, Manitoba
to find out how to Pow Wow.
[loudspeaker]
♪ ♪
Everyone, we are in the
presence of royalty.
I am here with
Miss Manito Ahbee.
Hi.
Her name is Alexa.
Alexa, can you say hi
to everyone out there?
Hi, everyone.
Awesome.
So, Alexa, I wanted
to talk to you
because it's my very first
time at a Pow Wow,
but, uh,
I'm not really sure what
you do at a Pow Wow,
 so can you tell me everything
 I need to know
 about going to a Pow Wow?
 Of course. There's so much
 to learn about Pow Wows.
 You can go watch the dancers.
 You can do just about
 anything at a Pow Wow.
That's so cool.
And who can come
to a Pow Wow?
Anybody. Anybody is free
to come to the Pow Wow.
 It brings everyone together.
 Very cool, very cool.
 Who does the music?
 There's drum groups,
 and so these drum groups
 they travel all around
 to different Pow Wows
 and they sing for all
 the Pow Wow dancers.
 Oh that's awesome.
 Live touring music,
 I love it.
 [laughing]
What kind of dancers
show up at a Pow Wow?
There's different categories.
 There's fancy
 and there's grass
 and there's jingle
 and there's traditional
 and that's the
 dance I dance.
 Traditional dancing.
Can you show us
a little bit?
Oh well, traditional's
pretty easy.
You just put your
hands on your waist
and you bounce up and down
to the beat of the drum.
Yeah, just like that.
Okay.
I think you
got it. [chuckles]
Nice. I like it a lot.
 Is there anything you think
 people should know about
 Pow Wows that they might
 not know otherwise?
 I think a lot of people think
 that Pow Wows are just for
 Indigenous people,
 but they're not.
 They're for people of all
 races. It's really for anybody.
So anybody can come down
and have a good time?
Anybody can come.
Even you.
Ah! Yes! Awesome!
[laughing]
Made it!
♪ ♪
 Pow Wows are just so, so...
Wow!
I had such a great time today
hearing the drumming
and seeing the dancers
and learning all about Pow Wows
from all my new friends.
Well, until next time,
I'm Cottonball
and now you know how to Pow Wow.
I'm gonna go watch
some more dancing.
