Midwinter Festival/Ceremony
A week-long New Year festival, the most important of the Rotinonsionni (Iroquois) year, held just after the midwinter new moon. A significant part of the festival is the Dream Ritual, in which people in opposite moieties (clan groupings) guess each other's dreams. The festival centers around the renewal of life and thanksgiving, with dances, song, feasts, and games.