Noun: potlatch pót-lach
- A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
"The potlatch demonstrated the chief's generosity and status"
Derived forms: potlatches
Type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, feast, fete, fête, fiesta, observance
Encyclopedia: Potlatch, Idaho