PHOTO ALBUM OF THE CEREMONIAL CYCLE 2015 The pictures are pretty much in the order they occured. Ceremonies started at sunset, resumed at 10h30 and finished at about 16h30 PREPARING TO OPEN THE LIGHT VORTEX INTO SPIRITUAL REALM OPENING THE VORTEX ENCOURAGING THE BUFFALO TO GIVE VOICE DURING OPENING OF VORTEX CEREMONY OPENING VORTEX OPENING VORTEX EVERY CEREMONIES WAS PRECEDED BY EXPLANATIONS Coming of age for the sacred ladies. Young and old benefit as this has been forgotten in modern culture Ladies danse their joy LES FEMMES DANSENT Ladies danse their joy LES FEMMES DANSENT Offerings SACRED SHALES EXPLAINED TOUCHING HANDS – RECEVING BLESSINGS FROM SACRED WOMAN Le toucher des mains – recevoir la bénédiction des femmes sacrées TOUCHING HANDS joy was with us all day CEREMONY OF RECEIVING NEW NAMES 2 COUPLES AND THEIR WITNESSES blessing the mariages THE BASKETS AND BLANKETS OF THE MARIAGE CEREMONY ANNOUNING THE OMENS SEEN DURING THE CEREMONY MUSIC OFTEN PRESENT DURING LONG STRETCHES DURING CEREMONY SPIRITUAL ELDERS COMING THROUGH THE CEREMONIAL ARCH SPIRITUAL ELDERS EXPLANING THE APRON PRESENTING TRADITIONAL PIPE TO THE NEW SPIRITUAL ELDER VERY HOT DAY AND THE LIGHT WAS VERY VERY BRIGHT LIGHTING THE ARCH BURNING THE OLD TO LEAVE ROOM FOR THE NEW THAT HAS BEEN CELEBRATED CLOSING THE VORTEX CLOSING THE VORTEX CEREMONIAL FEAST