The health of mind is worth more than the health of the body. Fact, a healthy spirit sustains a sick body , and spirit sick is not even able to appreciate the miracle of a healthy body . The Sun Dance is the most solemn and important ceremony of the peoples of the plains. It is more complex and complete the ritual , which expresses in its entirety, through self-sacrifice , spirituality According to some scholars , the practice of the Sun Dance was started between 800 and 1200 of the Modern Era . Wiwanyag Whachipi , literally translated means : looking at the Sun Dance (Wi = Sun, wanyag = look , wachipi = dance ) . The Sun Dance requires a precise formal commitment for a period of four years. This commitment is an oath. The participants, men and women must have four requirements : wachantognaka , generosity , woohitika , courage, wowachintanka , fortitude , woksape , moral integrity and wisdom. The ceremony takes place every year for four years, over four days , more than the day that precedes it, the Day of the Tree. For the duration of the ritual dancers , engaged in Dance from dawn to dusk , do not take food or water . Every aspect of Lakota spirituality has two meanings : a physical and a spiritual . The self-sacrifice , the ritual piercing ( piercing the meat) during the Sun Dance , in addition to never selfish motivations of the individual dancers, is practiced to give thanks to the Creator and Life in all its forms and expression . preserve Sacred Ceremonies : a duty of men.
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