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The Return of the Ancestors
Gathering
North Arizona ~ April 18 – 28, 2009
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We are at a pivotal time in the history of humanity.
During the ten days of ceremonies, prayers and celebration, nine
stone tablets will be brought to the gathering and a new directive
will be set in stone by elders and youth alike using glyphs, symbols
and words.
A set of guide stones that shine a light on the
interconnectedness of all things, inspiring mankind to walk lightly
on the earth once more will leave a legacy for future generations to
come.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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April 18 – 19 (Mayan Daylords 13 Noj, 1 Tijax)
Honoring Earth
Day Weekend
There will be an opportunity to partake in storytelling,
cultural music, dances and ceremonies.
Location: Red Rock High School, Sedona, AZ
April 18 Nahual Noj is wisdom and knowledge and how to use
it.
It is symbol of creativity.
The energy of the day is good for nourishing the mind, to ask for good ideas and
good memory and to learn to work in groups, to form councils related to the the
6th and 7th senses 9 am to 9.30 am
Welcome Ceremony by Elders
9.30 am to 10 am
Ceremony with Condor Dances
10 am to 10.15 am
Gifts from local youth groups for national and international elders and wisdom
keepers
10.15 am to 10.30 am
Acknowledgements
10.30 am to 11.30 am
Prayer Ceremony by national and international delegates and religious leaders
from around the world
11.30 am to 12.30 pm
Global meditation with Drunvulo Melchizedek
12.30 pm to 1.30 pm
Lunch
1.30 pm to 2.30 pm
Hindu Fire Ceremony
2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Elder, Youth & Participants Council Sharing Circle
4.30 pm to 5 pm
Yavapai Gourd Singers and Bird Dancers April 19
Nahual Tijex. The energy of this day is good for cutting all negativities.
It is Symbolized by the double blade knife: which is the obsidian stone our
ancestors used to do invisible surgeries.
It removes the bad and leaves the
good.
This energy is good for removing physical and psychological pressures.
To Nahaul Tijax, we can ask to remove bad illnesses and bring health.
People who are born under this sign are healers by nature and can be excellent
surgeons 9 am to 9.45 am
Opening Prayer Ceremony
10.45 am to 11.45 am
Pipe Ceremony with Indigenous Elders both National & International men and woman
bundle carriers.
12 noon to 1 pm
Lunch
1 pm to 3 pm
Elders Presentation - Grandmothers Council Circle Honoring the Grandmothers
3 pm to 4 pm
Kogi Arhuaco Ceremony
4 pm to 5 pm
Round Dance Ceremony
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April 20 – 22 (2 Kawoq, 3 Ajpu, 4 Imox)
Healing the
Ancestral Memories
Activities: Ceremonies will be the focal point at the gathering
through which attendees can learn the wisdom of the ancestors.
Attendees will
also be able to witness councils sharing from their ancestors’ songs and dances.
The intention is to bring inspiration to the world thus birthing clear decisions
and manifesting a conduit of hope for the future generations.
Location: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ
April 20 Nahual Kawoq is the family. Examples of this
energy are a school with the principal, the teachers, the secretaries, the
students.
A Kawoq is a hospital with the doctors, nurses, nurse aids and patients.
It is our community with our local government and people.
A Kawoq is this gathering! Our home with our family. 9 am to 10
am
Welcome Mayan Fire Ceremony
10 am to 1 pm
Elder, Youth & participants council sharing circle
1 pm to 2 pm
Lunch
2 pm to 5 pm
Speakers gather in ceremony the Sweat Lodge Ceremony
5 pm to 6 pm
Sunset Ceremony
April 21 Nahual Ajpu is the day of
Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon.
It is the day of the musicians, athletes and all those who practice the Arts.
It is the day of the hunter; a true hunter only hunts what he/she needs.
9 am to 10 am
Four Colours Opening Ceremony by Tlakaele
10 am to 1 pm
Elders, Youth & Participants Council Sharing Circle
1 pm to 2 pm
Lunch
2 pm to 5 pm
Speakers gather in Ceremony then Sweat Lodge Ceremonies
5 pm to 6 pm
Sunset Ceremony April 22 Nahual Imox is the
day of the hypnotist, the therapist, the midwife, the scientist.
The energy of this day has connection with the rivers, lakes, oceans and the
animals who live there; dolphins, whales, crocodiles.
One can use the energy of this day to ask for the opening of the 3rd eye and
also to improve their healing abilities 9 am to 10 am
Aymara South American Mesa Opening Ceremony
10 am to 1 pm
Elder, Youth & Participants Council Sharing Circle
1 pm to 2 pm
Lunch
2 pm t0 5 pm
Speakers gather in Ceremony then Sweat Lodge Ceremony
5 pm to 6 pm
Sunset Ceremony
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April 23 (5 Iq’)
Global Council
of Original Teachings
Activities: Northern Arizona University will host an indigenous
wisdom elders’ forum.
There will be Youth/Elder educational programs and
inspiration of oral and written traditions.
Location: Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
April 23 IQ is the Nahual of the air; wind, thunder,
lightning, hurricanes.
Anger, like the wind, can come unexpectedly and from any direction.
The energy of the day is good for analyzing ourselves and learning to control
our tempers. 9 am to 10 am
Opening Ceremony - NAU Students and Faculty Welcome
10 am to 1 pm
Elder, Youth and Participating Councils Sharing Circle
1 pm
Lunch
2 pm to 3 pm
Peace Pole Ceremony
3 pm to 5 pm
Cultural Exchange Dances
7.45 pm
Sunset Ceremony
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April 24 (6 Aq’ab’al)
Grand Canyon
Speaks
Activities: Those who attend will have the opportunity to
connect with mother earth at one of the natural wonders of the world during a
sunrise ceremony. This will offer the opportunity to be alone with the creator
’s splendor.
Location: Grand Canyon, AZ April 24
Nahual Aqabal is the Dawn and Dusk.
It is light and darkness.
It brings joy and hope.
Joy like when seeing the colours in the horizon at
sunrise and sunset, and hope there will be another day like today.
Hope that after the darkness of the night, we will see the sun again.
Aqabal implies future and duality 5.47 am to 8 am
Sunrise Ceremony with Havasupai at Mather Point
9 am to 10 am
Breakfast with the Elders and Bridge Beings (Open to the Public)
10 am to 12.30 pm
Public Sight Seeing with the Elders and Bridge Beings at the Grand Canyon
12.30 pm to 1.30 pm
Desert View - Watch Tower at the Grand Canyon
1.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Welcome Ceremony (Tuba City) from the Dine
8.06 pm to 8.30 pm
Sunset Ceremony with Dine at the Land of the Forgotten People
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April 25 – 26 (7 K’at, 8 Kan)
Pilgrimage to
Hopi Lands
Activities: The Hopi Nation will host an indigenous wisdom
forum, an opportunity for Youth/Elder cultural exchange programs, and
traditional ceremonies including the eagle and condor dances.
Location: Hopi Mesas, AZ April 25
Nahual Kat is the NET.
It Symbolizes obstacles and problems; things that can trap us.
Both with the energy of Kat we can reverse that: we can free ourselves from this
and use them as little lessons.
We can use the net like the fisherman and bring good things instead.
With the energy of Kat we can free ourselves from spiritual jails, illnesses,
judicial problems, etc
5.47 am to 8 am
Sunrise ceremony with Dine at the Land of the Forgotten People
9 am to 11 am
Travel to Hopi
11 am to 12 noon
Welcome Ceremony with Hopi
12 noon to 1 pm
Lunch
1 pm to 5.30 pm
Message from Don Alejandro to the Hopi Elders and Gathering
5.30 pm to 6.45 pm
Cultural Exchange Dance April 26 Kan is the
Feather Serpent, the Great Ajau, Great Kululkan, Tepeu, Guqkunmatz,
Quetzalcoatl.
It is the spirit of all movement; the Spirit of air, fire and water.
Look down at the river, it moves like a serpent.
We ask here to protect us from illness that could impair our movements; strokes,
paralysis etc 8 am to 1 pm
Hopi Elders speak and share with the public
1 pm
Lunch
2 pm to 6 pm
Cultural Exchange Dance
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April 27 – 28 (9 Kame, 10 Kej)
Inspiring a new
life plan
Activities: Closing ceremonies will include farewell songs and
dances from the local tribes and presentations of the stone tablets.
Location: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ
April 27 Nahual Keme is the day of our Ancestors; the
dead.
It is death and reincarnation.
The energy of this day is good for communicating with our ancestors; fathers,
mothers, friends, teachers who have transpassed to another dimension.
9 am to 10 am
Closing - Hopi Elders to send off group
10 am to 2 pm
Travel back to Dead Horse Ranch
2.30 pm to 5 pm
Ceremony with Elders and Youth - Bridge Beings & Conclusions - Ceremony Council
Closing
5 pm to 7 pm
Sweat Lodges
7 pm to 8 pm
Wrap Up April 27 Nahual Kiej is the four
directions who nourish our lives.
It is Symbolized by the Deer for his 4 legs, implying equilibrium and stability.
It is the day of authorities.
Here we ask people and government working together for a future peace.
Peace for all.
Peace for Mother Earth and all those who inhabit her 5.44 am to 9
am
Sunrise Ceremony with Chosen Delegation
9 am to 11 am
Elder, Youth & Participants Council Sharing Circle
11.30 am to 2.30 pm
Youth Ceremony Closing |
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WORKSHOP AND LECTURE TOPICS
o Learning the history and the
origin of the Continental Council of
Indigenous Elders and Spiritual Guides of the America.
o Seeking the healing of their
ancestral memories to enable humanity to move forward.
o Uniting and
share wisdom keepers’ vision and prophesized ceremonies for peace and harmony
for mother earth and all humanity.
o Sharing a
harvest of harmonic wisdom.
o Gaining
understanding to enable the world to fulfill the prophecies of their ancestors.
o Witnessing
councils sharing wisdom from their ancestors, songs and sacred ceremonies.
o Looking at the
truth including the tree of life, the seed of life and flower of life
o Learning
specific instructions and guidance towards the reconnection to the natural laws.
o Exploring the
mysteries of the seen and unseen from the past, present and future.
o Learning of
indigenous prophecies: Hopi, Mayan, Incan, Lakota, Kogi, etc.
o More workshops
& lecture topics to be announced |
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These are the current program details (E&OE)
supplied by the representatives of the Lakota tribe
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