The Ancestor Honoring Ceremony

Download or read book The Ancestor Honoring Ceremony written by Joyce Rheal and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As America increasingly becomes a throw-away culture, it becomes increasingly important to preserve our Ancestors' traditions, whatever their ethnic origin. If we lose them, not only was our Ancestors' learning in vain, but we also mark ourselves for disposal n the near future. By sharing in the traditions of our Ancestors, we gain a sense of continuity with them. Within family, ties of love should be especially deep, and honoring one's own family gives one the solid foundation from which to extend that love to clan, nation, community, world, and across barriers of species.In this short book, the authors present several Native American patterns for Ancestor Honoring, and encourage the reader to revive such practices within his or her own family.