DTES Smudging Ceremony

Thursday DEC 6th 11am-1pm at the four corners of Main and Hastings.

Currently WAVAW, in collaboration with the Squamish Nation, as well as many Aboriginal community organizations, multicultural organizations, women’s anti-violence organizations and other community participants, request support for a smudge ceremony of the DTES.

The smudging of the territory which is meant to be a very large event will be guided by elders and medicine people from all over Canada that live in the area. This is a gathering of people from all nations to pray together for all women from the four sacred races and to smudge the DTES.

It is very important that we have people from all four corners of the earth to share in this ceremony. We are requesting the assistance of the Asian community, the black community and the white community; this is our traditional way of honouring our medicine wheel. The teachings of the medicine wheel say that when we all pray and ceremony together real healing begins. This ceremony is meant to rid any negative energy from the territory. It will be an honour to have our Aboriginal brothers and sisters lead this event for the people of Turtle Island with the support of all other nations.

The event is to honour women and to pray for our people that we might take our rightful place here on Turtle Island and that our clan mothers and women might be honoured as leaders and sacred life givers.