Introduction
Hello, My Name is Justina Wassillie. This is my first time using a blog post, I am from the lower regions of Bethel and moved here at the end of 2014, so I have lived here for ten years. As I lived in the river near Bethel, I was surrounded by an area full of art. For example, In my traditional dancing, we would wear accessories full of beadwork, gloves with fur and beadwork, and a headdress with a Qasp'aq. Even though with the traditional dancing, in these dances back in the days, they would wear mask carvings of their art. These masks were indicated to change the weather and grant good fortune to their lives, and even the villages. Yupik people, Complex Mask 1890-1905. Fun Fact: This Mask belonged to my great-great-great Grandfather from my dad's side, his name was Guzma Wasili. He was a shaman, from what my dad told me this was used to change the weather, he would use this mask outside and start traditionally dancing outside to get out the bad weather. Bu...