2025 Conf focuses on meanings & relationships among mythology, science, & culture regarding animals, the green world, the land and various ecosystems.

With raised awareness, wisdom gleaned from Indigenous Cultures in conjunction w/newer scientific discoveries & timeless mythologies help us find inspiration & answers to our earthly connections.

As research emerges exploring the hidden lives of plants, animals & the earth herself, non-human animal…

En la década de 1980, el antropólogo estadounidense Dennis Tedlock completó una importante obra…

I wanted to share this with anybody interested on how the equinox is celebrated.

En este blog quiero compartir la investigación que he realizado sobre la antigua tradición de danza que parece ser un elemento fundamental de la cultura arawak. Es una tradición que se hace evidente en un gran número de grupos arawak que habitan áreas de la parte continental de América del Sur, como Guyana y Surinam, así como en la reserva Kalinago en la isla caribeña de Dominica y entre los residentes mestizos de regiones rurales remotas de Cuba.

El…

Forget Bird Flu. . . I spell next pandemic: PIG.…

Artists show the crucial role arts play in translating data sets and dire predictions into relatable terms, reframing the conversation around how changes in climate relate to everyday lived experiences -- as well as to notions of community, family, home. 

“Hurricane Season” features 58 works in a range of media by six artists from across the…

The annual BotW (Best of the World) list from Nat. Geo's global editors, writers, photographers and explorer community share their picks for the top museums, festivals & other cultural spots and experiences worth a visit.  

And two Nature-enriched Caribbean spots find themselves atop the list.

In Grenada, snorkelers and divers might spot not…

A worthwhile feature of the Amazing Race 36, Episode 9 – My Precious Cacao 

Sally from the Youtube AMR Fan Club sent me the new cover album of AMR's new narrative song. It's sad to see after reading many of the tragedies in books committed by the invaders.…

Guanara 

Folklorically said to improve vision on many dimensional levels, Amaranth plant is a resistant, fast-growing pseudocereal used as the main crop by the Aztecs in Mexico and cultivated by other Caribbean & Mesoamerican civilizations.…

Yuisa From Boríke(Puerto Rico) Cacique Chief of the Tainos.

The river named after this lady is incorrectly named "Loíza River". It was near her "Rancherio" = a small Indian settlement or "Yukayeke" = "Village" called "Haymanio". Both names were Spaniarized and changed to "Loíza" adding the…

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De nuevo tuve el honor de oficiar la ceremonia del Solsticio de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida como en años pasados.

I again had the honor of conducting the December Solstice ceremony in Miami Florida as in years past…

I'm excited about a prayer song that celebrates all Taíno women. Sally from "AMR Fan Club" sent me a sample cover album of the single from AMR of "Full Moon Ceremony". I guess is coming out on the actual full moon day on Dec 26. I'm waiting to see if she will put up the translated video too. I like to put it in my collection to share.…