145: Tsering Dolma Gyaltong and Flordemayo of the 13 Grandmothers
On October 11, 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the world—the Arctic Circle, North, South and Central America, Africa,and Asia—arrived at Tibet House's Menla Mountain Retreat amidst 340 acres of forests, fields and streams in upstate New York. Within a few days of convening,the grandmothers agreed to form a global alliance; to work together to serve both their common goals and their specific local concerns. The first council gathering was a time of hope and inspiration. The grandmothers are both women of prayer and women of action.Their traditional ways link them with the forces of the earth. Their solidarity with one another creates a web to rebalance the injustices wrought from an imbalanced world; a world disconnected from the fundamental laws of nature and the original teachings based on a respect for all of life. Aama Bombo - Tamang - Nepal
Margaret Behan - Arapaho/Cheyenne -Montana, USA
Rita Pitka Blumenstein- Yup’ik - Arctic Circle, USA
Julieta Casimiro - Mazatec - Huautla de Jimenez, Mexico
Maria Alice Campos Freire - Amazonian Rainforest, Brazil
Flordemayo - Mayan - Highlands of Central America/New Mexico
Tsering Dolma Gyaltong - Tibetan
Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance - Oglala Lakota - Black Hills, SouthDakota, USA
Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance - Oglala Lakota - Black Hills, South Dakota,USA
Agnes Baker Pilgrim - Takelma Siletz - Grants Pass, Oregon,USA
Mona Polacca - Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa - Arizona
Bernadette Rebienot - Omyene - Gabon, Africa
Clara Shinobu Iura - Amazonian Rainforest, Brazil
No EXIF information is available
© Prayer Vigil for the Earth
