Sacred clown

Sacred Clown

A blog by artist Lauren Raine about art and mythology, sacred masks and sacred art, Goddess spirituality, creativity,and synchronicity.

I have always been fascinated with the concept of the "Sacred Clown". Among the Lakota they were called Heyokas, clown priests. Sacred clowns are found among the Pueblo peoples as well, for example the black and white striped clowns of the Zuni, or the Hopi. It's said that even at the most serious and important of rituals, the Clowns, and only the Clowns, may do whatever the spirit moves them to do, which can include making rude noises, pinching bottoms, or appearing anything but reverent…

Sacred clowns, are a characteristic feature of the ritual life of many traditional religions, and they typically employ scatology and sexual obscenities. Ritual clowning is where comedy and satire originated; in Ancient Greece, ritual clowning, phallic processions and ritual aischrologia found their literary form in the plays of Aristophanes. Two famous examples of ritual clowns in North America are the Koyemshis (also known as Koyemshi, Koyemci or Mudheads) and the Newekwe (also spelled…

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Koshari [sacred clown] katchina.