Once upon a time... there is the Sand,

The goal of life for a Navajo is to die of old age and then melt into beauty, harmony and universal well-being, in other words"Hozho" which means Beauty, Harmony, Succes, Peace, Love, Compassion, Prosperity.
The guarantors of this state of grace are the "Holy People" these sacred beings outlined by the medicine man's fingers full of sand.
"Sa' naaghaii bik' eh hozho".
My research led me down different paths : in the 20's, Hosteen Klah (1867-1937), a renowned hermaphrodite medicine man and Franc Newcomb (1887-1970), a talented pionner's wife, decided to preserve the memory of the Navajo people. Franc, therefore, attended the ceremonies and recorded more than 500 ceremonials in aquarelle paintings...
Lorenza Garcia - Navajo France