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Navajo Word of the Day: "Halloween"

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Channel: daybreakwarrior · 2012 · Entertainment

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Today's Navajo Word of the Day is "Halloween." To say Halloween in Navajo, you say "Doo Hashkał Bá Haz'á̜." The breakdown:

Doo Hashkał: no good
Bá Haz'á̜: a time/place/area is set aside for it (bá - for it, haz'á̜ - area/place/time)

The phrase "doo hashkał" is sort of slang. It can describe someone or something as being mean or kind of like rude (but not necessarily rude, which is "doo haldin da"). It's hard to describe but it's used in phrases like:

Doo hashkał baa naasháá nít'éé'. (I was up to no good.)

Doo hashkał t'éí yaa naaghá. [He's only up to no good. (i.e. partying, staying up all night, etc.)]


The wording of Halloween in Navajo here is courtesy of Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie, Ph.D., from the calendar Náhidizídígíí, published by Salina Bookshelf, Inc., a Navajo Language Publishing Company. If you're interested in getting a Navajo calendar from this site, click on the following link:

http://www.salinabookshelf.com/

I was at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, (Arlington actually, but won't split hairs). While I was there, I got a chance to see the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders prepare for the half-time show for the game against the NY Giants on 10.28.12. I taped part of that footage & merged it with the actual footage for your enjoyment!

Happy Halloween! :-)

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