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EVENT- Uluu Ot (Sacred Bonfire) Ceremony, Kyrgyzstan, June 17-21

Posted by: Aida A. Alymbaeva <alymbaeva at gmail.com>




PLEASE NOTE: Registration deadline is today, June 5.  [Apologies for the 
delay in posting.  --CEL]

Uluu Ot (Sacred Bonfire) Ceremony
Bishkek-Issyq-Kol, Kyrgyzstan
June 17-21, 2009

Organizers:
Aigine Cultural Research Center, Kyrgyzstan (AiRC: www.aigine.kg)
Worldwide Indigenous Science Network, USA (WISN: www.wisn.org).
Under the support of the Christensen Fund, USA (www.christensenfund.org)

Language: English and Russian

Places:
Office Aigine, Toktogul St., 93, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Sacred Sites around Bishkek: Tashtar Ata, Seyil Bak, Ata Beiyt,
Sacred Site at the Issyq-Kol lake shore: Manjhyly Ata


Dear friends:

It is our pleasure to invite you to the "Uluu Ot-Sacred Bonfire and 
Renew the Earth" ceremony organized and hosted by Aigine Cultural 
Research Center, Kyrgyzstan, and Worldwide Indigenous Science Network, USA.

The purpose of the ceremony: All over the world, indigenous Elders and 
Healers are gathering. Everyone is concerned about the great changes the
world faces, and we have realized that the time, so long prophesized, is 
here. The Mayan Calendar, which keeps time in 26,000 year cycles, 
predicts an epochal shift in 2012. While this is a natural adjustment 
for Earth, indigenous wisdom predicts a catastrophe for humanity if we 
do not change the way we relate to life. The Uluu Ot is a powerful way 
to remember our relatedness as a global community and with the Earth - 
and to commit to life sustaining change and to help it happen.

Organizers and participants of the ceremony in Kyrgyzstan will light the 
Uluu Ot-Sacred Bonfire at 00:00 midnight (Kyrgyzstan time) of June 20 to 
21, 2009.

The ceremony will be held within the other events as presentations and 
discussions around the related issues.



Schedule of Events*:

June 17

Talantaaly Bakchiev: Introduction to Kyrgyz history and culture

Juan Rafael Arteaga (Mexico): Mayan Fire Ritual at the Tashtar-Ata 
Sacred Site



June 18

Choyun Omuraliev: The connections of Kyrgyz with Other Peoples.

Angaangaq (Greenland): Sacred Fire returns home,
melting the ice in the hearts of people

Puma Quispe (Peru): Fire is the energy which united many cultures
Common Discussion: Why Ancient Wisdom is
important for Today's World? What is the goal of Uluu Ot Ceremony.

Syed Salman Chysty (India): Fire in the traditions of Muslim Sufis of India

Gelermaa Ganjuurjav (Mongolia): Fire Ceremony in Eastern Mongolian Shamanism

Gerelmaa Ganjuurjav: Mongolian Fire Ritual

Maria Ananchina: Altaic Fire Ritual at the Seyil Bak site



June 19

Common Discussion: Integration of Traditional Wisdom into Modern Society

Debassah Guyo (Kenya-Ethiopia): Salé-Gada Oromo
system of measuring the stars. The whole cyclic
nature of time/history/society, what can be done with them?

Juan Rafael Arteaga (Mexico): The era of the six Aztec suns

Alexander Hantuyev: Traditional Shamanism in Contemporary Eastern Buryatia

Maria Ananchina (Altai, Russia): Meanings of the
fire in the spiritual life of Altai people

Common Discussions: Role and responsibly of spiritual messengers.

Debassah Guyo: African Fire Ritual at the Ata Beiyt Sacred Site



June 20

Pilgrimage to Manjhyly Ata Sacred Site, Issyq-Kol

Uluu Ot - Sacred Bonfire at the Manjhyly Ata Sacred Site, Issyq-Kol



June 21

On returning to Bishkek: Play "Ancient Hunter" by "Sahna" theatre





Registration fees: $100. It includes:
translator's service at the seminar and local transportations expenses 
to the sacred sites.

Organizers do not cover the costs related to the participation in the 
ceremony. Such costs are: travel (visa and transfer costs), 
accommodation and meals during the stay in Kyrgyzstan should be covered 
by the person him/herself.

Deadline for registration: June 5, 2009
Email: aigine.bishkek(at)gmail.com

For more information see web-site: www.aigine.kg and www.onesacredfire.org

* The schedule may be subject to changes.


Aida Alymbaeva
Senior Researcher
Aigine Cultural Research Center
Toktogul St., 93
Bishkek 720040 Kyrgyzstan
Tel/fax: +996-312-667674
www.aigine.kg



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