Condolence ceremony
The condolence ceremony or condolence council[1] is a part of the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace. It governs succession to political offices after a leader dies.[2][3]
The ceremony is held in the community whose leader has died.[2][4] Attendees are divided into two moieties: the clear-minded and the downcast or bereaved.[2][5] The ceremony progresses through several stages, including a recitation of the Great Law.[6][7] Through the ceremony, new leaders are appointed to replace those who have died.[6] It was typically the first item on the agenda when a Haudenosaunee council met.[8]
Among other things, the ceremony recalls the Great Peacemaker's condolence of Hiawatha and the "transformation" of Tadodaho from a state of confusion and disorder to a state of peace.[9]
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- ^ Hertzberg 1966, p. 105.
- ^ Williams 2018, p. 367.
- ^ Hertzberg 1966, p. 104.
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- ^ Wiget 2013, pp. 95–96.
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- ^ Williams 2018, pp. 85, 255, 367.
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