An article in Coral Breeze announces' Indian Festival to discover the traditions and crafts of Native America. Curious, and delighted that an event is an opportunity for an exit "cultural", we drive to Sun Splash, water park Local - closed this season - which hosted the festival.
After paying the $ 5 without complaint entry per person, we skirted a dozen booths of crafts, a teepee in front of which an Indian woman in traditional dress (100% viscose) explained what was the purpose of the exhibits at his feet (a baby carrier, a pair of moccasins, a pipe, a few skins coypus) and a tent under which a band hoarse before a microphone. Not finding the entrance to the festival itself, we turned to a vendor who opened his eyes in astonishment: "But that's the festival you're there!". 
There is that we have made round eyes ... disappointment. In fact, there was more to sell than to discover a culture.
Come on, let's be good princes and play the game:'ll see what they sell! Some artisans sell items they make themselves (silver jewelry inlaid with turquoise, drawings and paintings and traditional musical instruments), but most offer mass-produced objects (made in China?): Polar jackets Patterned bear or wolves, pottery industry, dreamcatcher with feathers colored kitsch, bumper stickers proclaiming "I am Indian and proud of it" or collars colored plastic beads.
A little frustrating, but if you want to be objective, our cottages, music boxes, our plastic edelweiss pin mounted, our wooden spoons cream and our T-shirts with flowers Alpine Are the most authentic? The problem is the same everywhere: the authentic items made by hand labor intensive and therefore their price is high. But our shopping opportunities such as this festival are impulse buys and the amount we are prepared to invest - unless we are passionate collectors - still modest. Vendors therefore adapt to the application: typical items and cheap items = mass produced with cheap materials. Thus we (tourists or visitors) have caused the situation that we regret later ... 
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