Religion.

The eskimos here are Moravian, which is why there is no dancing. The next village over (about 18 miles away) is called Chefornak, and they are not Moravian - so they can have dancing. One of the coolest things to see is the traditional eskimo dance, so I was kind of bummed when I found out we won't be able to see that here. But, there is a festival called Camai (pronounced Jamai because the "C" produces a "J" sound in Yup'ik), where there will be many traditional festivities. That's in the Spring, so we are planning on leaving on a Friday afternoon and coming back Sunday night. We actually just found out there is a required in-service in Bethel the weekend of Camai so we will already be there! Our in-service might just be to attend the festivities - it's part of being immersed in the culture. It's not until March, but I'm lookin forward to it. Dancers come from all over too - it's big doins in the town of Bethel!