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FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE EWFH TEAM IN PERU...
[posted March 19, 2007]

This is the picture of the elders and some supporters that went to the entry point to Amaru Maru´s Doorway. They did a cerremony here and then walked for an hour across rock formation the looked like a serpent and a puma which are all sacred animals.

This is Jorge Luis Delgado and Havasupai elder Uqualla holding a ceremony at Amaru Maru´s Doorway before each person goes into the doorway.

This is Uqualla at the Doorway sharing a Havasupai song and teaching with the other elders.

When we were at the Doorway local villagers heard us singing and came by to watch. As we were leaving we were drumming and singing a Nothern Cheyenne song, the Coyote Travelling Song which is a song for safe travel on our journey. Some of the children joined us on the drum, they had never heard or done anything like this. Their parents loved it and thanked the elders for including them and their children in our ceremonies.

Sunday was an incredible day as Amayra Elders came and held council and ceremonies with the North and Central American Elders. These are a few of the elders.

This is a view of the Council Circle with all of the Elders that had arrived and some of their supporters and supporters of the gathering. The Elders counciled and did ceremonies all day. At the end of the day they agreed that the Eagle and Condor where being reunited because of this gathering. They agreed that they would all continue to work closer with one another for peace and unity. They have written agreements to this affect. They all felt that this was the beginning of a long awaited healing of ancesteral memories and relatioships.

Monday eveing Don Alejandro lead a fire ceremony to celebrate a very important Mayan day the Day of Reconciliation and Forgiveness

On Tuesday morning Don Valentin a Bolivian Amayra Incan Elder lead the opening ceremonies. Later in the day the Elders will take reed boats to one of the reed islands to honor and celbrate Lake Titicaca and the People of The Lake.

On Wednesday everone will go to Amaru Maru Doorway to begin to celebrate the Equinox. That evening there will be an Equinox Fire Ceremony led by the Qero, Amayra and Yatiri Elders with the North and Central American Elders supporting.

On Thursday all the Elders will be joining with the local populations of Puno and Chucuito in their central court yards to share cultural teaching and songs and dance.
Photos from the "Bridging the Americas" event

Each morning at Lake Titicaca the Elders and the community greeted the sun at an ancient Incan fertility temple near the hotel. The local people were very happy that we did this as the temple had not seen ceremonies like this for a very long time.
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Amayra Elder pilgrims traveling to Bolivia were guided to be at the Lake and unexpectedly appeared one day for council with the Elders of Central and North America. Each day a community council was held where these Elders shared their prayers for peace and unity as well as the wisdom of their ancestors.
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Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, a 13th generation Quiche Mayan High Priest and President of the Mayan Council of Elders as well as the Indigenous Council of the Americas, shared messages and wisdom of the Mayan people with the Elders of the Americas and the community.
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Adam Yellowbird and Carmen welcomed the Elders and the community to the gathering and were honored by the Elders for facilitating the coordination of it.
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Prior to journeying across country to Amaru Muru’Äôs doorway the Elders and the community went to a shrine that is the entry point for the journey. Here they left those energies that would not serve them on this journey, feelings, emotions, fears and then opened themselves up to receive the gifts of the Sun, the Condor and the Puma.
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On the day of the Equinox the Elders and community traveled to Amaru Muru’Äôs doorway; Hopi Wisdom Keeper, Ruben Saufkie of the Hopi Water Clan, shared the eagle dance with the spirits of the condor that were with us as we journeyed across country to the doorway.
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At Amaru Muru’Äôs doorway each of the Elders and then the community stood in the doorway, there is a hole in the doorway that when standing is aligned to our solar plexus and when kneeling aligns to our third eye or center of out forehead. There are many legends about the origins of the doorway; the energies of it were very powerful for those open to receive its gifts.
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The Elders and community gathered at the reed islands of Lake Titicaca on reed boats. As we reached our destination for ceremonies led by the local Elders of the islands the boats were tied together in a rectangle. None of us could have imagined the beauty and power of this moment as the Lake, which many believed holds the divine feminine energy of Mother Earth, moved the Elders and others to share songs and prayers for the Earth and humanity.
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Uqualla of the Havasupai shares prayers and songs at Lake Titicaca as ceremonies were held on the reed boats at the reed islands of the Lake.
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The local Elders of the lake did a ceremony for the Lake that offered up our gifts of prayers and intentions for Peace and Unity.
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Our Earth Works for Humanity and Earth Dance family that had traveled to Peru gathered together to express our joy and gratitude to all of those around the world that had supported the Elders Gathering at Lake Titicaca.

Our prayers for our Mother Earth, for Peace and Unity for all are sent out to you.

Thank You!
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