Potlatch

Potlatch is a social occasion given by a host so that people can uphold there status position in society. This occasion was often held to notice a significant event in there families. Some of these events would be like a child birth, a son's marriage or a daughters first menses. The potlatches were also big on having a huge feast and receiving gifts and also money. The host of the potlatch is the one giving away the gifts and the money. They were the ones offering the huge feast. The native peoples are normally the ones who held the potlatches. There are many tribes that hold these ceremonies . These occasions were normally held in a very large and long house. Houses are like these can also be described as the houses seen in the 18th century. I think that we still do these types of occasions to this day. I think that we just do it in a different type of way. People don't just do it for the fun of it, but they do it to add onto a celebration already being held. If someone was to get married or have a child there family might say that they want to take them on a trip and when they got back they would have another surprise waiting. I think that we still have these types of occasions but we definately do it in another way. Some people still to this day might still hold potlatches but as far as I know we don't hold them anymore. Like I said before I'm pretty sure that some people, most likely the richer people, hold fancy party's where they give gifts away and spend lots of money but I don't think they are as popular as they used to be.