A member of the Trio Tribe from Suriname, embellished in cultural costume and physique paint, makes an offering within the midst of the Water Ritual on the Arima River along Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. The attire and physique art are crucial for connecting with the holy spirits and ancestors, facilitating negate messages thru nature, offering safety, and affirming their presence with the tribe. If the sacred guidelines of the costume aren’t upheld, no contact with the religious world might perchance well merely additionally be made. – Photo by Jeff Ok. Mayers
MEMBERS of the Surinamese First Peoples participate within the Water Ritual, allotment of Heritage Week actions hosted by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 12.
The Santa Rosa First Peoples community held its annual Water Ritual on the river, celebrating their cultural heritage and religious connections. The ritual brought together participants from just a few tribes, together with the Trio Tribe from Suriname, who embellished themselves in aged costumes and sacred physique paint. Per Ricardo Bharath Hernandez, Santa Rosa First Peoples’ chief, the tribal garments are crucial for honouring the spirits and ancestors, allowing contributors to gaze negate messages thru their connection with nature.
The ceremony featured offerings made to the water, emphasising the community’s deep appreciate for the surroundings and its characteristic in their religious practices. Elders and leaders of the a form of tribes, together with Bharath Hernandez, performed pivotal roles in guiding the rituals, guaranteeing sacred traditions were upheld, and fostering a sense of unity and reverence amongst contributors. The tournament no longer most attention-grabbing highlighted the community’s prosperous cultural heritage nevertheless also reinforced their ongoing with the religious world.
The Water Ritual is allotment of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team Heritage Week celebrations from October 12-18.
Assorted events consist of a movie screening on the Arima mayor’s transient jam of job on October 15, a ceremony remembering the ancestors on the Pink Home in Port of Spain on October 16, and a cultural and social mixer on the Heritage Village, Arima, on October 18.
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Newsday photographer Jeff Ok Mayers captured these sights.
Scenes from the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, held on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersThe entrance to the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team Centre on Paul Mitchell Side road, Arima, featuring totem poles, each telling a special myth of heritage and tradition. Photographed on October 13, 2024. – – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersThe entrance to the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team Centre on Paul Mitchell Side road, Arima. Photographed on October 13, 2024. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersThe entrance to the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team Centre on Paul Mitchell Side road, Arima. Photographed on October 13, 2024. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersThe entrance to the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team Centre on Paul Mitchell Side road, Arima. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersFairouz Fredison, Surinamese representative of the political celebration Different 2020, blows the shofar (ram’s horn) within the midst of the First Peoples Water Ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, on October 13, 2024. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersScenes from the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSanta Rosa First Peoples Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez makes an offering within the midst of the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersRemi Koepoeroe, a member of the Surinamese First Peoples, wearing aged attire within the midst of the Water Ritual along the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. The ritual is allotment of Heritage Week celebrations hosted by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersElder Genevieve Superville, following tradition, locations the ceremonial headpiece on Santa Rosa First Peoples Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez within the midst of the river ritual on the Arima River along Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersScenes from the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, held on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersShaman Anesta Jagendorst of the village of Akarani, Suriname, offers a ceremonial blessing within the midst of the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River along Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSanta Rosa First Peoples Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez makes an offering within the midst of the First Peoples river ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersA member of the Surinamese First Peoples community within the midst of the First Peoples river ritual. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSanta Rosa First Peoples Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez deep in prayer within the midst of the First Peoples river ritual. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersIndividuals of the Trio Tribe from Suriname, embellished in cultural costumes and physique paint. The attire and physique art are crucial for connecting with the spirits and ancestors, facilitating negate messages thru nature, offering safety, and affirming their presence with the tribe. If the sacred guidelines of the costume aren’t upheld, no contact with the religious world might perchance well merely additionally be made. The ritual was as soon as held on the Arima River along Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSuriname Shaman Anesta Jagendorst cleanses herself with blessed medicinal herbal water in preparation for the Water Ritual, marking the begin of the sacred ceremony on the Arima River on October 13, as allotment of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team’s Heritage Week celebrations. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersIndividuals of the Surinamese First Peoples participate within the Water Ritual, allotment of Heritage Week actions hosted by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team, on October 12. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSurinamese shaman Anesta Jagendorst completes the detoxing ritual by blowing tobacco smoke precise into a mixture of medicinal herbs. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersIndividuals of the Surinamese First Peoples in prayer within the midst of the Water Ritual. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSeini Jami, a member of the Surinamese First Peoples, participates within the Water Ritual on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue, as allotment of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team’s Heritage Week celebrations on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersSurinamese shaman Anesta Jagendorst smokes rolled tobacco leaves within the midst of a detoxing ritual within the midst of the Water Ritual, held on October 13 on the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue. The tournament was as soon as allotment of Heritage Week actions hosted by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersRemi Koepoeroe a member of the Surinamese First Peoples, in aged attire, is deep in prayer within the midst of the Water Ritual along the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Avenue on October 13. – Photo by Jeff Ok. MayersIndividuals of the Surinamese First Peoples participate within the Water Ritual, allotment of Heritage Week actions hosted by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Team, on October 12. – Photo by Jeff Ok. Mayers
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