Native American Pipe

At the beginning of XX century, cigarettes are more and more popular in the smoking of tobacco. It looked like the age of the pipes finished. But the pipe is gradually restoring its old position, but also gained new adherents from among those who, comparing the fragrant smoke of tobacco smoke from the burning of paper, chose the first. For three centuries, the pipe itself, and attitudes have undergone significant changes. Amoung its purpose for smoking, it also became the part of the image: when used with the pipe smoking is done slowly, contemplation, wisdom. Of the products of mass unknown artisans and large mechanized factories pipe is becoming increasingly expensive piece of quality goods. For template forms are increasingly used by authors. In our time, the pipe is produced all around the world: from America to Japan. There are pipe revered master. There is also a small number of tuber Manufactories. Connoisseurs with a special respect for talking about the Danish, English, Turkish, Italian or Japanese style. In any case, two completely identical pipes, even among the factory does not exist, because every artist seeks to invest in the tube a particle of his soul, and erica harvesting is not repeated on the invoice. A variety of forms, materials and styles allows each connoisseurs find his pipe.

Tobacco, originally growing in North America, was the subject of active trade between the Indian tribes long before Columbus, and the process of smoking reminded unhurried ritual. In principle, it was this religious ceremony, akin to meditation. Accordingly, the art of making the pipes was very sacral and considered one of the most important in the culture of many Indian tribes.

Pipes were used by several varieties, but most popular was the longest pipe of peace. Initially, the Indians of open plains were using a pipe, and then the tradition was adopted between other North American Indian tribes. Peace pipe is made of long wooden mouthpiece and a small bowl, carved from katlinita (its place of origin is the current Minnesota, but due to the close trade relations between the tribes, it is widely spread throughout the North American continent). Similarly, there was a tradition to make a pipes of smaller size, fully carved out of stone or clay. The latter was particularly popular among the Iroquois and the Cherokee Indian tribes. In the south-west of the continent pipes were made of wood and antlers, and in the days of colonization there were already so-called «pipe-tomahawk», where the stone bowls have been replaced by a cast of metal, which attached to the back of a knife or hatchet to methane. American Indians, perhaps the only nation that has contributed to a smoking ceremony. Meaning it is appeasement, which has the idea of measured pandiculation fragrant potions (fragrant, because in addition to a mixture composed of tobacco and some other herbs). This is a prayer ritual, calling on the spirit of peace nisposlat its revelation to the participants. The roots of the ritual is likely to originate from the worship of fire, and the pipe is like a creation of the home. The ceremony of smoking of pipe was different for each tribe, has always been one - peaceful intentions wanted to share with one another potion of pipe.

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