More than 1,200 youth basketball players sang and danced their way into Frank Crane Arena on Sunday night for the opening ceremony of the Junior All Native Tournament.
Kate Good, one of the event's organizers, found herself emotional at the spectacle and, when the lights eventually came back up and the fog cleared, she took a moment to herself to soak it all in.
Hosted by Snuneymuxw First Nation, the Junior All Native Tournament began play on Monday with basketball players from more than 100 First Nations across British Columbia competing in several venues in Nanaimo and surrounding communities. Organizers said that it's the largest youth tournament of its kind to date.
“They got to see, they got to hear, they got to feel, and in most cases they even got to touch the drums,” said Thomas. “When you hear the drum, in any region of our province or in the country for that fact, the sacred meaning of the drum and the song starts it's really cleansing. It's a cleansing, it's a healing.
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