day of the dead Archives - Earthaven Ecovillage https://www.earthaven.org/tag/day-of-the-dead/ An aspiring ecovillage in a mountain forest setting near Asheville, North Carolina. Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:27:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.2 Ancestor Feast https://www.earthaven.org/spirit-and-culture/ancestor-feast/ https://www.earthaven.org/spirit-and-culture/ancestor-feast/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:27:14 +0000 https://www.earthaven.org/?p=3849 On Day of the Dead (November 1-2), which is celebrated in so many cultures, we hold an Ancestors Feast. It includes a ritual of sweeping out the old and setting intentions for the new year, many wonderful songs, an ancestral potluck feast, and stories and toasts to those who’ve gone before us.   Silent meditation […]

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Silent meditation before the altar with photos of ancestors and mentors.

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