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This young woman is a Lakota Indian. She is 16 years old and has been dancing since whe was three. She made this costume herself. The dance she is doing is called the "Butterfly Dance". At Pentacost, the birth of the Church, we have the gospel read simuntaneously in as many languages as we have available through our parishoners. This year it was read in twelve different languages. The dancing was part of a larger program with American Indian dancers and drummers and a large group from Kenya playing drums and singing in their natrive language. The service is always topped off with the release of Doves as a sign of a prayer for world peace.