The Full Strawberry Moon reminds me of all these things and of one thing more. Perhaps the Algonquin people knew this next thing better than mostâthe importance of ritual, of acknowledging the rite of passage from daughter to woman. Every June, the Algonquin people held a festival culminating in an all-night dance.
sashay â(plural sashays) 1  A chassÃ©. 2  A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
Oy vey Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries. Wikipedia Dictionaries. English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia. Oy vey or oy vey ist mir is a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation. Also spelled oy vay, oy veh, or oi vey, and often abbreviated to oy, the expression may be translated as, oh, woe! or woe is me!. Its Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy (××× ×××××, Ã³j waÃ¤vÃ³j).