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The Navajo Indians live in the northeastern part of the state of Arizona in the United States. The Navajos have very strong traditions from centuries ago. One of the traditions is sand painting.
There are rocks of many beautiful colors in this part of Arizona. A Navajo sand painter finds rocks of several different colors. He grinds each rock into sand. Then he is ready to make a sand painting.
He always makes the painting on the floor inside a small Navajo house. He takes some colored sand in his hand and puts it on the floor in a line. He changes to different colors and slowly makes a picture. Sand paintings are very important to Navajos. Only a medicine man or a singer can make them. He knows how because his father and grandfather taught him.
The Navajos use sand paintings as part of their religion. They use them to help sick people. The singer always makes the picture exactly the same way. He does not make new pictures. He always makes the ones he learned from his father. Navajos believe that when the picture is finished, the person's sickness goes into the picture. Then the medicine man erases the picture from
the floor. The picture and the sickness are gone.
Navajos always welcome new ideas. They got sheep, horses, cows, and cloth from the Spanish. They use the wool from their sheep to make fascinating rugs. In the 1880s they started using some of the pictures from sand paintings in their rugs. The pictures were similar to the traditional ones, but not exactly the same. The Indians always changed color or a line. They would not use their religious pictures without changing them a little.
In the 1930s the Navajos started making sand paintings to sell. They put the painting on a board with glue, and sold the beautiful pictures to tourists. However, the pictures were always a little different from their religious pictures.
Most Navajo Indians are poor. They raise sheep, but farming is difficult because the land is very dry. They have no factories, and it is not easy to find a job. They can earn a lot of money by selling their sand paintings. They still use sand paintings for their religion. However, the medicine man or singer never makes paintings to sell. Business and religion are always separate. Some Navajos think that they should not sell sand paintings because they are part of their religion. Others think that it is a good way to earn money, and they do not have many ways to earn money. People in other countries have similar problems. They do not like to use their belief and traditions to earn money, but sometimes it is necessary.
A. The Navajos conserve their tradition very well and some even use their religion for earning a living.
B. The sand pictures which are sold to tourists always have some significant features that distinguish themselves from the original.
C. Some Navajos object to using their religion to make money, they only do that when necessary.
D. The Navajos always welcome new ideas because they have used materials from other countries to make rugs and even use their religious picture in it to make those fascinating rugs.
There are rocks of many beautiful colors in this part of Arizona. A Navajo sand painter finds rocks of several different colors. He grinds each rock into sand. Then he is ready to make a sand painting.
He always makes the painting on the floor inside a small Navajo house. He takes some colored sand in his hand and puts it on the floor in a line. He changes to different colors and slowly makes a picture. Sand paintings are very important to Navajos. Only a medicine man or a singer can make them. He knows how because his father and grandfather taught him.
The Navajos use sand paintings as part of their religion. They use them to help sick people. The singer always makes the picture exactly the same way. He does not make new pictures. He always makes the ones he learned from his father. Navajos believe that when the picture is finished, the person's sickness goes into the picture. Then the medicine man erases the picture from
the floor. The picture and the sickness are gone.
Navajos always welcome new ideas. They got sheep, horses, cows, and cloth from the Spanish. They use the wool from their sheep to make fascinating rugs. In the 1880s they started using some of the pictures from sand paintings in their rugs. The pictures were similar to the traditional ones, but not exactly the same. The Indians always changed color or a line. They would not use their religious pictures without changing them a little.
In the 1930s the Navajos started making sand paintings to sell. They put the painting on a board with glue, and sold the beautiful pictures to tourists. However, the pictures were always a little different from their religious pictures.
Most Navajo Indians are poor. They raise sheep, but farming is difficult because the land is very dry. They have no factories, and it is not easy to find a job. They can earn a lot of money by selling their sand paintings. They still use sand paintings for their religion. However, the medicine man or singer never makes paintings to sell. Business and religion are always separate. Some Navajos think that they should not sell sand paintings because they are part of their religion. Others think that it is a good way to earn money, and they do not have many ways to earn money. People in other countries have similar problems. They do not like to use their belief and traditions to earn money, but sometimes it is necessary.
(Adapted from Concepts and Comments by Patricia Ackert)
Question : Which of the following can be inferred from the text?A. The Navajos conserve their tradition very well and some even use their religion for earning a living.
B. The sand pictures which are sold to tourists always have some significant features that distinguish themselves from the original.
C. Some Navajos object to using their religion to make money, they only do that when necessary.
D. The Navajos always welcome new ideas because they have used materials from other countries to make rugs and even use their religious picture in it to make those fascinating rugs.
