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Seed Prayer
In 2020, when the world came to a halt and Mother Earth asked us to reset, open our hearts and focus, we were unable to travel to the Dominican Republic for our annual Moon Dance. In its place, we asked some folks if they would join us in a Seed Prayer. The response was humbling:…
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Land Blessing & Taino New Year
Over the course of several weeks in Winter 2023, we worked with volunteers to build our temazkal (kansi) and our batey – a ceremonial ground that originates with our Taino peoples. Sixteen of us, working together, built the kansi – digging the soil to set the poles, figuring out how to build, building the frame…
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Tambor for the Waters
On December 18, 2022 we had the honor of receiving Pedro Salas and Maria Terrero of Kumba Carey alongside Ed Wolf and the wonderful musicians from the University of Oregon here at the Bohio. Together they played Dominican salves, Puerto Rican plenas, and pericos for the waters – for the waters from all seven continents,…
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August 2022
In August 2022, we completed a journey across Turtle Island – beginning in Miami, traveling across the Southeast, the Southwest, and up the West Coast to Chinook tribal lands and back home to Kalapuya Ilihi. The purpose of the journey? There were several. For one, we were bringing the Xinachtli Meztli Moon Dance drum from…
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Welcome to The Guamo
…our official “newsletter” for Bohio Cibanani. Here you will find information about our upcoming events and opportunities to be in community.
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May 2022
This month we are receiving our local friends and family here at Bohio Cibanani to celebrate our new home and our dream come true. Here, at the new space, we hope to fulfill: our cultural roles as water and seed stewards; our vision of creating retreat space for LGBTQ2S BIPOC artists, scholars, activists and healers…
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