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The sights,sounds,smells and sheer wonderment at the beauty in all directions has been with us ever since our return. Not a day goes by without our talking of some aspect of our adventure, and at night I am transported to those stunning plains and mountains,and the wonderful human beings we were so honoured to meet.
I fly around re-visiting those amazing places and can hear the grunts of Tatanka,the rustle of the grasses in the breeze and see the mindblowing skies.We simply have to return before too long.
Gretchen, North Wales
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Each soul must meet
the morning sun,
the sweet new earth
and the Great Silence
alone!
Ohiyesa (Dr Charles Eastman)
Santee Sioux.
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The Ancient Ways Of The Hopi
June 28 - July 5, 2009
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Take this rare invitation to travel with unprecedented access to the secluded Hopi Mesas; a place of stark and beautiful endurance where the clan lifeway is about raising the short blue-eared corn which symbolizes the homelands, culture and responsibilities given to the Hopi clans by Ma'saw as they emerged from the Third Way of Life to this, the Fourth World.
Second Mesa is the base for this extraordinary and unique opportunity to spend time on the mesas and in the villages, accompanied by Hopi interpreters, learning about their cultures and history, through traditional and evolutionary arts - silver, kachina doll carving, basketry, music and song, and through Hopi cultural perspectives on agriculture, foods, traditional and contemporary tribal leadership and philosophy. This journey takes place at a sacred point in the traditional calendar for the Hopi, and you will experience the presence of the Kachinas through on the mesas as these holy ones prepare to return to the Cloud House above the San Francisco Peaks.
The ancient Hopi made a purposeful choice for The People’s place of dwelling in this Fourth World; arid, stark desert conditions with hardships and challenges that would ensure the Hopi have to become strong and retain the truly important things of life to thrive, or even survive on this terrain. To this day, as from their first arrival, the Hopi ‘dry farm,’ meaning they don’t irrigate – they are dependent on the winter snows and summer monsoon rains to bring moisture for the corn. Agriculture is an act of faith for the Hopi that serves as a religious focus as well as an economic activity, and working plots provide crops unique to the Hopi diet in addition to reinforcing traditions and customs in each new generation, for as one Hopi gardener said, "This is not just about growing vegetables; it is about growing children." This journey offers a remarkable hands-on opportunity to learn Hopi agriculture as a practical enactment of the Sacred.
It is said that information and stories entrusted to each Hopi are more than enough to consider and meditate upon during a lifetime. Despite a plethora of books that routinely corrupt cultural ways beyond Hopi recognition, true preservation of the lifeway is attributed by traditional people to their ideology of passing ceremonial information to other clan members within the Kiva. The culture endures because no individual has access or responsibility for the entire sacred narrative and lifeway.
Walk beyond the Western world to an ancient cultural realm where the truly important things of life are recognized, revered and celebrated. Definitely one for your 'Life List'.
Take this rare invitation to travel with unprecedented access to the secluded Hopi Mesas; a place of stark and beautiful endurance where the clan lifeway is about raising the short blue-eared corn
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