Postby TriP » October 17th, 2016, 1:55 am
Local Arima
Santa Rosa First People’s Heritage Water Ritual
Over 50 representatives from various indigenous communities from Belize, Suriname, Guatemala, Guyana, Dominica, St Vincent, Australia, Canada and the US visited Trindad and Tobago during Santa Rosa First People's Heritage week.
The Water Ritual was held at the Blanchisseuse River, which runs through the First Peoples’ community in the town of Arima on October 13, 2016.
Water is an important element of nature, as is the wind, fire, and air.
The continuous flow of the River symbolises the ancestors’ continuity and boundless journey.
For the Indigenous Peoples water is life and in paying tribute to the water they see the manifestation of their ancestors in nature.
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- Members of the Surinamese First People's group known as Waiono, light a ceremonial cigarette used in a water ritual ceremony performed on the banks of the Blanchisseuse River, Arima
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- Australian Les Daniel, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descendant, plays a didjeridoo, an aboriginal musical instrument as other First Peoples descendants perform a water ritual on the banks of the Blanchisseuse River, Arima,
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- A claypot of incense burns on the ground next to flowers which are used in the water ritual
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- First Peoples descendants perform a water ritual in the Blanchisseuse River, Arima
