Drumming Circle

Monday, June 25, 2007 on the NATIONAL MALL at 4th Street  ~ Washington, D.C.

 

WHO IS INVITED? All people, especially children!

THE CEREMONY

Drum Dance and Dream for Peace will begin at high noon, Monday, June 25, 2007 with a brief, Native American ceremony. Tribal people from the United States, Canada and Mexico are expected to attend.

photo by Jodine Grundy       

 

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June 25th Noon

THE CEREMONY FOR THE CHILDREN'S FUTURE:

16 CHILDREN OF THE COLORS OF MANKIND WILL GATHER TOGETHER.

FOUR EACH WILL STAND IN THE FOUR DIRECTIONS WEST, NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH. A REPRESENTATION OF THE EARTH ( A LARGE POSTER PAINTING OF THE MOTHER EARTH) WILL BE IN THE CENTER. THE CHILDREN WILL DANCE IN A CIRCLE FACING THE MOTHER EARTH.
AFTER ENCIRCLING FOUR TIMES (DANCING FOR MOTHER EARTH, BAREFOOT) THEY WILL STOP.

THEY WILL SAY A SIMPLE PRAYER IN THEIR LANGUAGE:FOR THE FUTURE OF MOTHER EARTH AND ALL HER INHABITANTS.

FOUR GRANDMOTHERS OF FOUR RACES WILL BRING THEM BOWLS, PAINTED RED, WHITE, YELLOW AND BLUE. SIXTEEN BOWLS IN ALL. (LATER THE BOWLS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE GREAT DAY)

THE GRANDMOTHERS WILL FILL THE BOWLS WITH WHAT THE CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE WILL NEED SUCH AS:

*CLEAN WATER

*HERITAGE SEEDS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH

*BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

*INCENSE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY THEY WILL AGAIN TURN FACING OUTWARD TOWARD A NEW PATH OF CONTINUING LIFE. THE LARGE BOWLS OF FLOWERS WILL BE TOSSED IN THE AIR SO
THAT THE CHILDREN MAY DANCE WITH FLOWERS PETALS AT THEIR FEET.

THE MUSIC CAN BE DRUMMING AND HARPS......

MITAKUYE OYASIN

I PRAY THAT THIS HAPPENS

WOABLEZA



 

Learn more about the Rainbow Medicine Blanket Council and its Founder, Carol (Elk Looks Back) Petersen

 

 

Bolivian photo Carol Elk Looks Back and President Evo Morales 

We, the world, has come full circle. Since Creation, man became upright and as he looked around and moved from one continent to another, creating, inventing, learning and developing his skills and becoming more and more resourceful, what was once considered sacred became a tool to enrich himself; to hold himself above others with the people he conquered and the things he gathered for himself. In just 500 years, man has almost depleted the forests, ruined the waters and poisoned the air, now we struggle once more in a different war, that to save Mother Earth and we must if we are to continue life as humans on this planet, else we all perish. Many words and countless peoples all across this Earth has cried out in protest of the abuses of our brothers and sisters our neighbors in the workplace, abuses in our schools and on the highways, but the most tragic is the abuse on mother earth, for what we have done to her will rebound back to us. We can not call ourselves civilized until we put the weapons of war away for good and make peace within ourselves, with our brothers and sisters no matter what color he is. On this day of great upheavals around the world, earthquakes, wars, floods in most unusual of places, we come together today to gather in unity, with our younger generations in hopes that every one listening will do one thing to preserve Mother Earth. We come from the six directions, east to west, north to south, from the heavens to the sacredness of Mother Earth, on this day to bring a message of unity. Patricia Catches the Enemy Oglala Lakota Elder

 

Dear Carol Petersen: Thank you for apprising me of your efforts to promote unity and harmony amongst Indigenous Peoples and others. In these critical times, work such as you are are engaging in offers hope for a better future for all. It brings us one step closer to creating A Circle of All Nations, A Culture of Peace. My best wishes for your ongoing work. William Commanda, Algonquin Elder www.circleofallnations.ca