Editing Bethel, Alaska (section)

==Arts and culture==
Traditional dancers from all over Alaska and beyond participate every March in the Cama-i [[Yup'ik dancing|dance]] festival. Hundreds of costumed dancers, drummers, and singers perform traditional [[Yup'ik]] story dances during the three-day festival, sponsored by the Bethel Council on the Arts. "Cama-i" (pronounced Cha-Mai) translates as "a warm hello."<ref name="bethelarts">{{cite web | year = 2011 | url = http://bethelarts.com/ | title = Cama=i Dance Festival | author = Bethel Council on the Arts | location = Bethel, Alaska |access-date=November 7, 2011}}</ref>

The [[Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center]] also hosts a bimonthly "Saturday Market" where artisans and crafters from the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta come to sell their crafts.  There is a variety at the market, but many of the crafts include traditional Yup'ik [[qaspeq]], story knives, woven baskets, [[ulu]] knives and more.