POTLATCH
\pˈɒtlat͡ʃ], \pˈɒtlatʃ], \p_ˈɒ_t_l_a_tʃ]\
Definitions of POTLATCH
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Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment. Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it.
By Oddity Software
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Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment. Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it.
By Noah Webster.
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