AN•TAWA CEREMONIES 2 • Day 2 — More Preparations : The ANvisible

AN•TAWA CEREMONIES 2 • Day 2 — More Preparations

Окт 30 2022 in Блог by Solara

On our second day of preparations, we painted our Drums of AN. This is always a collaboration between the Keeper of the Drum, the Drum itself and the AN energies. The theme is the Sun and Moon as One Being. It is fun to watch the design emerge.

After lunch, we ceremonially filled bottles of water that would be offerings to two Sacred Lakes. Later that afternoon, we took our family of Drums of AN to the Tower of Light where they were properly introduced. We always do this before they can be played. It’s an amazing experience when our Drums of AN enter the Eleven Concentric Circles there, each of us stepping closer to the center one at a time. It always triggers deep remembrances of the Timeless True Worlds.

Now our two days of preparation were over and we were ready for the AN•TAWA Ceremonies to begin.

: Arriving for Day Two! Photo by Tracey

: Emanaku and I hand out the Drums of AN. Photo by Ankasha

: Nogi is very excited to receive his drum. Photo by Ankasha

: Benedikt, Christy and Kalasara with their Drums of AN. Photo by Ankasha

: The painting of the Drums of AN begins! Photo from Craig

: Often the Drum itself reveals the design within it. Christie saw her design right away and painted it with much joy. Photo by Ankasha

: Elina is delighted with her Drum of AN! Photo by Tracey

: Noa’s gorgeous Drum of AN! Photo by Noa

: After lunch, we went to fill bottles with gifts of water from the Heart of AN for the Sacred Lakes we would soon visit.

: One by one, we filled our bottles at the sacred Pozo. Photo by Noa

: While we filled our bottles, we sang to the water in Star Language.

: Then, we splashed ourselves with water.

: ~ Jette ~

: ~ Nogi ~

: ~ Tracey ~

: ~ Benedikt ~

: ~ Noa ~

: ~ Elina ~

: ~ Ankasha ~

: ~ Viviane ~

: ~ Javier ~

: ~ Kalasara ~

: ~ Alexander ~

: ~ Ya ~

: ~ Emanaku ~

: Leaving the Pozo, we walked backwards up the hill.

: A final expression of gratitude to the sacred water.

: It felt perfect to walk backwards all the way to our house.

: People have been giving us bottles of sacred water from all over the world for many years. We now added a drop of each special water to the bottles we had just filled.