Nakya Leviner and Stevie Lowry have smoke danced together many times, but the most recent tour around the powwow arena floor ended a bit differently.
At the final beat of the drum, Leviner got down on one knee and popped a marriage proposal in front of family and friends attending the annual Lumbee Dance of the Spring Moon Powwow in North Carolina on May 7.
A video capturing the special moment went viral across social media.
“He got me good,” said Lowry.
“It normally ends like with him down on one knee, like I’m pretending like I’m getting proposed to, and that time I actually got proposed
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