THERE WERE RATTLESNAKE SHAMANS IN THE YOKUTS TRIBE IN SAN JOAQUIN. SHAMANS GAINED THE POWER TO CURE AND PREVENT SNAKE BITES BY DREAM COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SNAKES. THEY CONDUCTED PUBLIC CEREMONIES WHICH WERE THE MOST DRAMATIC IN CALIFORNIA. THE SHAMANS IRRITATED THE RATTLESNAKES IN ORDER TO BE BITTEN AS PROOF OF THEIR POWERS. THEY LED SONGS,DANCES AND CEREMONIES FOR THEIR TRIBE, AND AT THE END OF THESE THEY PUT THE SNAKES BACK INTO THE HOLES.
THE SHAMANS PREVENTED THEIR COMMUNITY FROM KILLING THE SNAKES AND HAD A SPECIAL SONG WHICH PROTECTED THEIR COMMUNITY AND MADE THEM IMMUNE FROM BEING KILLED FROM THE KING SNAKE'S BITE. THEY DESIGNED BEAUTIFUL BASKETS WITH NUMEROUS SNAKE PATTERNS AND QUAIL FEATHERS AS DECORATIONS.
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