The challenge for the virtuous singer is to stylize, i.e. to vary the melodic design of each stanza according to the emotional suggestions of the lyrics themselves.
The biggest task for me was to keep the costumes fundamentally historically accurate, and not take it too far into the contemporary realm, but definitely stylize them more.
The students then taught fellow tribesmen silversmithing, which they used to stylize traditional designs from the decorative patterns of old pottery and baskets.
