GRAB | Laguna Pueblo Traditions and Insights
GRAB | Laguna Pueblo Traditions and Insights
GRAB is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below them. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Billy Luther's film, which is narrated by Parker Posey, follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives for the year leading up to this day.
Grab Day is a 300-year-old tradition that fuses a traditional Pueblo celebration with the religious traditions of the Catholic Church by sharing goods with the community in exchange for prayers in the coming year. In honor of the Catholic patron saints, the Laguna Pueblos, a tribe that exceeds 4,000 members, celebrate their Grab Day in the summer months.
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