{"id":26,"date":"2015-09-06T18:31:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T18:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/?p=26"},"modified":"2024-01-03T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T01:21:06","slug":"the-yemaya-festival-montevideo-2015-a-living-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/the-yemaya-festival-montevideo-2015-a-living-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yemaya Festival&#8230;Montevideo 2015: a Living Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where do your ancestors&#8217; bones reside? Where do you call home?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Lezlie Kinyon, Editor-in-Chief<em><!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Log entry: March 13, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We left Andes just about a week ago and stayed in Buenos Aires for a couple days, then Montevideo for 4. \u00a0Montevideo is a charming, old city with beautiful beaches and graceful plazas. \u00a0There are areas devoted to (high priced) tourism, but we were not there. We walked all over Old Town and the Puerta Mercado. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image # 3_ As people gather IMG_3245\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-3_-As-people-gather-IMG_3245.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday was the Yemayja Festival (pro: Yem-e-ja) &#8211; it was a truly remarkable, dream-like event that will stay with me always. On a public beach, hundreds of people gathered and dug small holes in the soft, white sand. These were made to block the wind which constantly blows. It was a very warm night and a beautiful full moon rode the sky\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image #1 Street art_ Yemaya IMG_3212\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-1-Street-art_-Yemaya-IMG_3212.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The night sky here in the southern hemisphere is &#8211; truly &#8211; a &#8220;sea of stars&#8221;. Very befitting for a festival dedicated to the Orisha who carries the title &#8220;Star of the Sea&#8221;. (Who is also identified with Mary, the Virgin.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everywhere, candles burned in the holes dug into the sand, glowing against the night, while around each were gathered people: friends, families, couples, people alone, concentrating on assembling their offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-29 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image #2_ Offerings IMG_3252\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-2_-Offerings-IMG_3252.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the street was a carnival atmosphere with all the trimmings: street merchants selling light sticks, popcorn, balloons &#8230; and, of course, candles and &#8220;offeriterias&#8221; of seashells, combs &amp; mirrors, perfume, blue beads and small boats to &#8220;sail&#8221; them all away in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image #4_ merchants IMG_3223\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-4_-merchants-IMG_3223.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found a place for our candles and burned them. \u00a0Blessing our offerings as we did. Some traveling photographers paused to take photos and we gave them permission. They were very surprised to find that we were from N. America and, also, knew about \u00a0Yemayja. We spoke briefly about the festival. \u00a0When it seemed right, we also burned a small envelope with the wishes from the friends who asked me to take them to \u00a0Yemayja as well as our own &#8211; then, we took our small blue &amp; white boat &#8211; now filled with all the &#8220;wishes&#8221; (prayers) &#8211; entrusted to us to the river&#8217;s edge and set sail. I also had a small basket &#8220;offerteria&#8221; that I sent away as well with my own desires.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Men drummed, everyone sang. The songs were both like and unlike the songs I have heard (and, sung) at events where the Umbanda priestesses led bembes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterward, we walked around the beach, I took a few photos, and enjoyed the magic of the night. I followed drums to find a Circle where a priestess was fully visited by an Orisha and who performed several healings &amp; blessings. Men drummed, everyone sang. The songs were both like and unlike the songs I have heard (and, sung) at events where the Umbanda priestesses led bembes. \u00a0This, I think, is to be expected. All the songs in Uruguay to the Orishas (I heard several over the course of the four days) have a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.candombe.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">candombe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beat to them! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other priestesses and one priest were giving blessings elsewhere and we stopped and received one just as the crowds began to melt away. \u00a0It was time to go&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I dreamed that night of roses &#8230; my dreams since have been full of the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, we go for our last cappuccino chica at the small caf\u00e9 \u00a0around the corner from our hotel in Buenos Aires and then, pack for home, leaving summer behind for a (hopefully) rainy and wet end-of-winter-into-spring Bay Area. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Everyone has a \u201cPlace of the Ancestors\u201d \u2026 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-5-.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issuewp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-5--300x199.jpg?resize=537%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image # 5\" width=\"537\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-5-.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-5-.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/fall-2015-issue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Image-5-.jpg?w=1360&amp;ssl=1 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every person on the earth has a place where her or his ancestor&#8217;s bones reside. Stretching all the way back to the plains of Africa where Lucy found her final rest. \u00a0This issue explores the work and traditions of some of those ancestors. \u00a0Conceived as a celebration of those traditions, we received submissions on topics stretching from Azerbaijan to Cameroon, to an Episcopal congregation in Berkeley, CA, to Zambia. In the author\u2019s \u201cbackstories\u201d we found tales of personal struggle, health challenges, natural and human made disasters, struggles for freedom, and acts of war. \u00a0While some few will appear in the next issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coreopsis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the selected works (papers, editorials, and reviews) presented here provide a window &#8211; of sorts &#8211; for a certain understanding of the issues and struggles facing the indigenous peoples of this earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Conceived as a celebration of those traditions, we received submissions on topics stretching from Azerbaijan to Cameroon, to an Episcopal congregation in Berkeley, CA, to Zambia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many modern Americans hail from families who have wandered very far from their ancestral place of origin. It has been, therefore, some point of discussion to understand what the word \u201cindigenous\u201d- in this modern age of global \u201cmoving about\u201d- actually means. \u00a0Is it to be reserved exclusively for the First Nations peoples of North America and Australia? What then of the traditions of the Arctic peoples of Greenland, Lapland, Iceland, and Siberia? Or the peoples of the island nations of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean? \u00a0For the purposes of this issue, we began to think in terms of First Nations and the long struggle of the African peoples, at home and in the diaspora, as being the subject of this issue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, personally, this subject brought up the idea of \u201chome\u201d. \u00a0We visit and are guests in many places during our lives. While traveling we meet many people, and, in this modern age, home changes from place to place as the heart and economics will. In our minds, home remains the place where we live out our lives with those we love. It has been said that the people who surround us make home what it is: the place where we belong. \u00a0For myself, it is also the place where the land and the soles of my feet know one another. More than familiarity and context: a meeting between the land and my own heart. It is my fondest hope that all reading this issue will find that meeting, the people, and the place of home. \u00a0May those who continue the struggles of our time find strength in the stories that unfold in this issue in the papers and essays presented. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many blessings, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D., ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed August 14, 2015, somewhere in Montana on the way home to Berkeley. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do your ancestors&#8217; bones reside? Where do you call home? 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