Aztec Dance & Traditional songs circle & Temazcal with Huitzomitl
When:
* Saturday, 2.12. Traditional songs singing circle from 12.00 till 14.00 and Aztec dance from 15.00 till 17.-18.00
* Sunday, 3.12. Temazcal at 12.00
- In case of rain we will have Chanupa ceremony instead of Temazcal
Where:
Apukuna Center, Žerovinci, Slovenia
✨Huitzomitl, originally from Mexico, is a tattoo and a body modification artist living in New York City and London.
Huitzomitl has been involved in his community through traditional medicine and indigenous ceremonies. His indigenous lifestyle has been passed down to him through his family from a young age. Huitzomitl believes that the culture is an integral part of building a harmonious society.
Huitzomitl also works with different artists groups around the world doing art exhibitions, events, illustrations and traditional arts.
He has being researching the Mexican Traditional Tattoo techniques for more than 9 years and professionally tattooing for 20 years applying the findings of his research to his tattoo and body modification practice.
Huitzomitl is using all this knowledge from the research to empower different communities he is working with around the world. Integrating traditional ceremonies with body modification. Making the connection Between modern and the traditional body art, thereby connecting body art to its origins.
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AZTEC DANCE
The Dance represents the eternal search of man for cosmic harmony and integration, both of his body and his spirit. All the chants of Aztec Dance ritual refer to this essential process.The Aztec Dance has been referred to as a form of prayer and a total way of life and communication. Each routine reflects the duality of the Aztec culture. With women, the night, the jaguar and the earth on one side. With men, the day, the eagle and water on the other, it keeps you really focused on the dance steps and relaxed with concentration, maintains you fit with the exercise and at the end, giving a really happy endorphins liberation.
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traditional MEDICINE SONGS
are the ones conducting the ceremonies, some of them dating thousands of years ago..The only way to have contact with them is in ceremonies or singing circles.
Come and join us to Learn and perfect indigenous medicine songs.
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TEMAZCAL
in Náhuatl, Sweat lodge in English, INIPI in Lakota, which means 'to live again'.
Temazcal is a purification rite and is necessary in order to facilitate a kind of spiritual rebirth. A physical representation of our great mother’s womb is created in sacred space using ancient methods and ritual. By stepping into the womb like heated structure we can let go of what is no longer needed on a physical, mental and spiritual level. Sitting and breathing with transformation and alchemising it all within our magnificent containers and the elements.
Come and be held and come to let go.
Things to try and avoid in the 24 hours prior to the Temazcal and on the day of the sweat:
•alcohol
•recreational drugs
•mixing other medicines on the day
Please do:
•eat a healthy meal on the day
•stay hydrated but don’t drink too much water.
What to bring for the sweat lodge:
•a towel
•women - a comfortable dress/ modest comfortable swimwear and a sarong
men - shorts/sarong
•a change of clothes (possibly something warm if the weather is a bit chilly)
•sandals/flip flops
* please let us know if you take any medications for mental or physical illnesses, or of any injuries prior to the day.*
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CHANUPA ceremony
The Chanupa is one means of conveying prayers to the Creator and the other sacred beings. The various parts of the pipe have symbolic meanings, and much of this symbolism is not shared with those outside the culture. While sacred pipes of various designs are used in ceremonies by a number of different Indigenous peoples of the Americas, chanunpa is specifically the Lakota name for their type of ceremonial pipe and ceremony. Other nations have their own names for their pipes and ceremonies, in their particular Indigenous languages.
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*** This event is by DONATION only. All the funds are going to indigenous communites in Mexico.
Ometeotl
Blessed be
**If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. And please send me a message if you want to reserve your participation. Number of participants is limited.
Write to: infoapukuna@gmail.com
