These gatherings are monthly opportunities to return thanks, energy and love to Spirit in Nature. 2012, a Vun (Fire) year in the Dagara tradition, is an opportunity to connect with and activate our Ancestral relationships as Fire is the portal to the Ancestors. We will be facilitating Ancestor rituals this year along with on-going Gatherings of Gratitude, giving thanks and reciprocity to Spirit in Nature. Our focus will be on varied cosmological elements.
Gatherings of Gratitude: 11am saturdays
Location/Date:
2012-Dagara Fire Year
Ancestor Ritual @
Black Indian Inn will occur along with regular Gatherings of Gratitude.
Dates & locations below.
Ancestor Ritual @
Black Indian Inn will occur along with regular Gatherings of Gratitude.
Dates & locations below.
All things, all beings, we all are indelibly
connected. We are duty-bound to be
in familial, intimate, reciprocal relationship with the alive, living natural
world - all our relations - as our indigenous Ancestors have correctly taught
us to do and urge us to do again.
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Gatherings of Gratitude meet at 11am on saturdays. Ukumbwa will guide the gatherings based on Dagara spiritual concepts. We will be giving simple, but necessary offerings to Spirit in Nature. You are invited to bring any offering that you are called to give in compassionate and loving reciprocity with Spirit. Please see below the following dates and locations section to see more details on our process.
We hope you will be able to attend or support this work in any way
you feel called to do. Please be free to contact me here or at ukumbwa@gmail.com if you have any questions, concerns,
feedback or ideas. We are also seeking to create lasting relationships with practitioners of other indigenous and earth/nature-based traditions and practices. We wish to build new spiritual and social alliances that our Ancestors will be proud of and totally excited about. Thank you all.
February - Jamaica Pond-Boathouse, Jamaica Plain/Boston
April - Revere Beach-@ Revere Beach Blvd
and Shirley Ave (near Revere Beach Blue Line T Stop)
(we will be honoring the sea, but there is a rain
focus this month, too!)
May - Boston Common @ Tremont St. fountain
July - Scarboro Pond/Franklin Park-@Circuit Drive
[near Shattuck Hosp. #21 bus stop]
September - Charles River-Arthur Fiedler Footbridge,
Hatch Shell, Boston
[See more details below]
Gatherings of Gratitude meet at 11am on saturdays. Ukumbwa will guide the gatherings based on Dagara spiritual concepts. We will be giving simple, but necessary offerings to Spirit in Nature. You are invited to bring any offering that you are called to give in compassionate and loving reciprocity with Spirit. Please see below the following dates and locations section to see more details on our process.
We hope you will be able to attend or support this work in any way
you feel called to do. Please be free to contact me here or at ukumbwa@gmail.com if you have any questions, concerns,
feedback or ideas. We are also seeking to create lasting relationships with practitioners of other indigenous and earth/nature-based traditions and practices. We wish to build new spiritual and social alliances that our Ancestors will be proud of and totally excited about. Thank you all.
February - Jamaica Pond-Boathouse, Jamaica Plain/Boston
April - Revere Beach-@ Revere Beach Blvd
and Shirley Ave (near Revere Beach Blue Line T Stop)
(we will be honoring the sea, but there is a rain
focus this month, too!)
May - Boston Common @ Tremont St. fountain
July - Scarboro Pond/Franklin Park-@Circuit Drive
[near Shattuck Hosp. #21 bus stop]
September - Charles River-Arthur Fiedler Footbridge,
Hatch Shell, Boston
[See more details below]
All of the water that we drink
comes to us as a precious gift
in the form of rain.
Barka, Sapla! BARKA!
Thank you!
comes to us as a precious gift
in the form of rain.
Barka, Sapla! BARKA!
Thank you!
Who is invited:
- Everyone, all ages, all abilities, all orientations, all people that Earth and Nature have created who feel an impulse to connect with Nature, Spirit and the Indigenous Soul
- as Water is the source of our life and unity, as Earth, our Mother, respects us all as we are, so shall we who attend come in that spirit of love, respect and acceptance
What to bring:
- Offerings: tobacco, cornmeal, corn kernels, millet, water, sacred ash, flowers or other gifts created from natural, receivable (bio-degradable) materials, etc,...
- rattles, shakers, bells, frame drums, hand drums
- words of gratitude, love, thanks, compassion to be shared in community with the Spirits of Nature
- offerings for your body: drinking water in reusable containers, fair trade and organic coffee or tea in reusable mugs, etc,...
What to wear:
- weather appropriate clothing; offerings and gratitude will be given rain or shine, snow or heat;
- sensible shoes or better yet, no shoes; we may be walking/moving short distances from the initial meeting place
Who to contact for more information:
- Ukumbwa Sauti - ukumbwa@gmail.com
- also look for notices on facebook and by email
Additional notes:
- most places will be wheelchair accessible, but may be challenging to those with limitations in mobility or different abilities
- Ukumbwa invites any and all to stay afterward for discussion and community sharing. We may stay at the location to be with Nature or move to a local coffee/tea shop that has fair trade and organic beverages available.
- Everyone, all ages, all abilities, all orientations, all people that Earth and Nature have created who feel an impulse to connect with Nature, Spirit and the Indigenous Soul
- as Water is the source of our life and unity, as Earth, our Mother, respects us all as we are, so shall we who attend come in that spirit of love, respect and acceptance
What to bring:
- Offerings: tobacco, cornmeal, corn kernels, millet, water, sacred ash, flowers or other gifts created from natural, receivable (bio-degradable) materials, etc,...
- rattles, shakers, bells, frame drums, hand drums
- words of gratitude, love, thanks, compassion to be shared in community with the Spirits of Nature
- offerings for your body: drinking water in reusable containers, fair trade and organic coffee or tea in reusable mugs, etc,...
What to wear:
- weather appropriate clothing; offerings and gratitude will be given rain or shine, snow or heat;
- sensible shoes or better yet, no shoes; we may be walking/moving short distances from the initial meeting place
Who to contact for more information:
- Ukumbwa Sauti - ukumbwa@gmail.com
- also look for notices on facebook and by email
Additional notes:
- most places will be wheelchair accessible, but may be challenging to those with limitations in mobility or different abilities
- Ukumbwa invites any and all to stay afterward for discussion and community sharing. We may stay at the location to be with Nature or move to a local coffee/tea shop that has fair trade and organic beverages available.
