Taino Tradition Guanara in Georgia

[Miguel Sague Jr]

Tau My Relatives
This past Saturday, June 27 I had the honor of leading the first Taino kansi sweat ceremony in the state of Georgia. I was invited to build the traditional thatched roofed guanara lodge in the manner of the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle at the home of Boriken Taino couple Johnny and Lupe Negron near Canton, Georgia.

Lupe is a remarkable healer in her own right. Practicing professionally in the Canton area, I found her and Johnny, her husband to be profoundly comitted Tainos who walk the sacred Indigenous path of our ancestors in the company of their friends, hosting regular gatherings at their beautiful four-acre log cabin homestead in the outskirts of Canton.

Lupe, Johnny, I, and a number of other participants spent the whole day Friday and much of Saturday building the large guanara lodge which would shelter the group that evening during our healing ceremony.

After our sacred circle ceremony with burning tabonuko, Taino clay pipe tobacco ritual, and cemi sculpture images of the Taino ancestral spirits we entered the beautiful brand new guanara and experience a profound encounter with the sacred hupias of our Taino forebears. We were blessed with what I considered to be four rounds of the most intense steam-purification that i have had the honor of leading in a long time.

Taino Ti
Miguel Sobaoko Koromo Sague

[Miguel Sague Jr]

I want to take this opportunity to say a heart-felt Bo Matun to Johnny and Lupe Negron for inviting me to come down to their home this past Saturday to celebrate our ancient culture in this most sacred of ways. I also want to thank them both for the wonderful hospitality that they showed me during the four days that I spent at their gorgeous log-cabin home, a big Hahom thank you to Lupe in particular for the great arroz con habichuelas and all of the awesome other home cooked boricua dishes that she offered me while I was at their home. I found Lupe and Johnny's friends to be wonderful and incredibly committed participants who dedicated long grueling hours of work in brutal 100% weather both Friday and Saturday to get the big thatched bamboo-walled guanara built on time for the kansi ceremony of Saturday afternoon.

On the following day I also was impressed by the interest and comitment of both the Taino couple and their friends when I made a several-hours-long presentation on the Mayan Calendar and the 2012 prophecy. I found the group discussion that was sparked by my presentation to be very intelligent and open-minded and I want to thank all of the people that participated in that Sunday gathering in Lupe and Johnny's living room.
Taino Ti
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