I would like to share with you all my own experience of this beautiful ritual.
Last year I had the fortune of visiting several Marae's on the North island of
New Zealand, as part of an indigenous gathering of three indigenous nations
viz., the Maori, the Native Americans, and the Australian Aboriginals.
What touched me most was how in each Marae, there were photographs of all the
young ones and the old ones that had passed over and how before the start of
ceremony, we all walked over to these ancestors to pay our respects, honour
their fates and ask for their blessings. We slept in these Marae's and it was
beautiful to be surrounded by the energy of these ancestors. I was told by the
Maoris that they believe their ancestors protect them and take care of their
troubles.
For me, this was a most beautiful verification of honouring the ancestors, an
awareness that I have developed more so through my own journey in Family
constellations.
In my own culture, we have a ritual where everytime our ancestor comes to us in
a dream, the next day we cook that ancestor's favourite dish. And on the
anniversary of their passing over, a feast is cooked in their memory.
warm regards,
Tripty
Transformative Holistic Counselling
Brisbane.
"The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I am."
(Oneness With All Life)_ Eckhart Tolle
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From: Katia del Rivero <katia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, 12 March 2013 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Veneration of the Dead
And... Maybe... To be completely honest... I need to say that The Dead's
Celebration, for me, was only a beautiful ritual of our ancestral culture...
And after my beloved brother died unexpectedly last year, became a deeply and
significant ceremony in my heart.
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El 11/03/2013, a las 16:21, Katia del Rivero <katia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
escribió:
Maybe, you could come one November to México.
We have a beautiful celebration.
In our homes, we do an altar, two or three weeks before first weekend of
November.
In the altar, we put:
- Pictures from our ancestors and from loved people who died
- The "dead bread". It's a delicious bread that we only cooked in this time
of the year.
- "Sugar skulls" with the name of the people who we want to honor in our altar
- Some of us put skulls with our names, to remember that one day, we will die
too.
- "Cut Paper". A beautiful color paper cut in beautiful forms.
- And Cempasuchitl flowers.
The day before of November 01st we cooked the favorite food for the people
who is in our altar.
Some of us eat that food in our homes, and some others, respecting the
original tradition, take that food and eat it in the cemetery over the tumbs
of our ancestors.
We eat in honor of them and believing that their hearts are with us.
For me, is one of our more beautiful traditions.
We believe when our ancestors see that we remember them, they blessing us in
life.
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El 11/03/2013, a las 15:18, jack blackwell <travelerjbjb@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
Hi All,
This is a very interesting topic, which I have never heard of before. I came
across it while doing some research on the context of ancestral relating.
Some of you may enjoy exploring the ways that different cultures honor and
communicate with their deceased relatives.
Here is the concept on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead
Blessings, Jack
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