Danielle Haden
Dr. Schenbeck
Worlds of Music
1 March 2015
Ritual comparison between Enemyway and Spelman Commencement While the Navajo Enemyway and the Spelman College Commencement have different functions, I believe that they serve as a powerful instrument in the lives of their people, or the people involved. The Navajo Enemyway ceremony is a ritual used to cure someone who has been away from home for an extended period of time or if they have been “in the hands of a non-Navajo”. If the Navajo have been in a hospital full of other spirits: depression, bad dreams, and injuries, this Enemyway is used to purify and cure them and expel the negative energies and spirits. The Spelman College Commencement ceremony is not solely used to distribute