WAMBLI MATO SEZ: FOR THE LAKOTA, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOUR(4)SEASONS, EACH ONE AS IMPORTANT AS THE OTHER, PAVING AND PREPARING FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND PREPARING THE APPROPRIATE CEREMONY FOR EACH OF THOSE SEASONS. HERE ARE THE SEASONS IN THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE A. WETU - SPRING, B. BLOKETU - SUMMER, C. PTANYETU - FALL, D. WANIYETU - WINTER THIS IS HARDLY A NEW CONCEPT AMONG THE LAKOTA. LONG KNOWN AS STARGAZERS, THE LAKOTA AND PERHAPS AS WELL AS OTHER TRIBES, THYE MADE MORE THAN ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND THE UNKNOWN AS BEST AS POSSIBLE BASED ON THEIR KNOWN COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERINCES. HOW ELSE IS A PEOPLE TO EXPECTED TO MEET ANY NEW AND FUTURE CHALLENGES? AT THE PRESNT TIME THERE ARE WAKAN(SACRED)CEREMONIES PREPARED AND TAKEN PLACE ALL OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AS I AM PENNING THIS ARTICLEMOST ESPECIALLY THE WIWANKWACIPI(LOOKING AT THE SUN DANCING AKA SUNDANCE). PERHAPS, IT IS THE MOST WAKAN(SACRED)CEREMONY THE LAKOTA OYATE STILL HAVE TODAY. MANY NORTHERN TRIBES HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF IT. HOWEVER, AMONG THE LAKOTA, IT IS/WAS A CEREMONY GIVEN TO THEM BY THEIR PROPHET, PTE HINCALA SAN WIN(WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN). IN FACT, IT IS ONE OF THE SEVEN(7)SACRED RITES GIVEN TO THEM BY THIS SPECIAL MESSENGER OF TUNKASILA, WAKAN TANKA ISNA NA ECELA WAKAN AND IS HELD AS EXTREMELY WAKAN(SACRED)TODAY. THIS CEREMONY IS BASED ON THE CALENDRICAL SYSTEM, DEVELOPED OVER TIME THROUGH THEIR STARGAZING TO CELEBRATE A CHANGE OF SEASON(COS). THESE ARE NOT JUST ARBITRARILY DONE, THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR EACH AND EVERY CEREMONY. MANY CHRISTIAN SECTS STILL DO NOT RECOGNIZE THESE WAKAN(SACRED)CEREMONIES, HOLDING TO THE BELIEF THAT, IF IT ISNT IN THE BIBLE, THEN IT IS NOT REAL. HOWEVER, MOST LAKOTA ARE BLUNT WITH IS THINKING, IF YOU AINT WHITE, YOU AINT RIGHT, IS THE CONSENSUS OF MANY. NATIVE AMERICANS, UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS, SUCH AS THE MUSLIMS DO NOT REQUIRE ONE TO CONVERT OR BE CONSIDERED AN INFIDEL AND WORSE, GET YOUR HEAD LOPPED-OFF. TO THE CONTRARY, THE LAKOTA ARE TAUGHT THAT ALL OF WICONI(LIFE)IS, INDEED, WAKAN(SACRED). SO, THE NEXT TIME YOUR NEIGHBORS START COMPLAINING ABOUT THOSE DAMN INDIANS BEATING THEIR WARDRUM, KINDLY REMIND THEM, WE ARE ONLY PRACTICING CENTURIES OLD CEREMONIES, SOME WHICH PREDATE BOTH CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM. REMEMBER THIS: ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL IN CREATION ARE WITNESSES OF HIS THOUGHTS---LAKOTA AND HO-CHUNK WAKAN TEACHING AND PROVERB HO HECETU WELO!!!!!!!
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:37:16 +0000
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