Navajo reality

Travel Photography Scholarship 2012entry - Navajo Reality

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#3: Again, due to legal and historical reasons they have their own legislation and US laws don't apply to them, meaning certain rules that come as natural to a 'Western' tourist don't apply. The boy on the photo was out of school, playing with a toy gun, yet wearing jeans and t-shirt, suggesting that his family actually spent their money on 'American' things rather than investing into their store.

#2: Their efforts to capitalise on tourism are often disorganised and seem to lack strategy.

In essence, while placed in mostly frequented areas, most of these shops are made of the most basic materials (wood), sell the same items and draw very little traffic altogether. Many of them are actually closed and abandoned.

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#4: The Navajos offer extra services to tourists that are willing to pay for them, such as sleeping in the traditional tents (hogans) overnight.

The hogans are traditionally single-sex constructs, men and women were to sleep separately. Tourists are only allowed to spend the night in the women's hogan, which looks different from men's. The latter is sacred and only 'true warriors of the tribe' may sleep there.

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