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Ancient Wisdom's Call to Action
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INFO 2012 ENCUENTRO – GATHERING - RASSEMBLEMENT
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For thousands of years, the Otomi people of Central Mexico from the Otomi Toltec Teotihuacan lineage performed the 8,000 Drums Ceremony to align themselves with Mother Earth. In the early spring, people would come from all directions to gather and celebrate, to drum and dance. With the conquest of the region by the Europeans in 1521, the practice was discontinued. The prophesy was that there would come a time when indigenous knowledge would be needed and the Great Healing of the Earth and all our relations would begin when the sound of 8,000 drums was heard again in the Otomi region.
Then in 1999, the Otomi elders received a message that it was time to reinstate the ceremony. From 1978 to 1980, the Otomi people built the Centro Ceremonial Otomi (pictured above), which fulfilled the ancestor's vision of the ceremony's revival, and where it also would be possible to accommodate the many thousand people needed. Since 2004, the ceremony has been performed every year, with more and more people each time, and many hundreds more at companion sites around the world. In 2011, the sound of 4,000 drums filled the ceremonial site with the vibration of the ancients and the hopes of future generations.
According to Dabadi Thaayrohyadi, a Toltec Wisdom Keeper who has been on a pilgrimage this year to invite people to come to the ceremony in person, "...the prophesy of 8,000 drums is a call to action. It's a call to take responsibility, to cooperate, to respect, and to love. It's a call to realize that every thought you think, and everything you say and do has a powerful vibration."
You are invited to be part of this historic event. The best way is to travel to Mexico to be there in person, and you are also invited to organize companion events in your area. Registration for the event, and more information about accommodations and local transportation can be arranged by clicking on the link to registration above.
Click on the link below for a history of the ceremony.