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Bonfire for Walpurgis   Monsoon-Storm-Clouds

Top: "Bonfire for Walpurgis, Vejbystrand, Sweden" byAnders Blomgvist

1 Down: "Monsoon Storm Clouds" by David Edward

Below: 'House of Fire:' "Walking Along the Sun"

 

It rained today.
It was a good day.

I remember how people came out and danced in the streets when it rained in India;
How they would give a portion of all that they had to the fire ceremony
All that they coaxed from the soil or milked or crafted with their hands
So there would be life-giving rain.

The fire used to light the fire pit
Was maintained and handed down
Generations upon generations back.

So much power in that,
I could barely hold up my own head
Or walk around the fire one more time
And then it rained.

*

This song immediately came up whilst I was writing this.
We are all made of stars...
Essential

And here is a ceremony of a different sort in this vid clip
Feeling and creativity... Life emerging as itself: empty, full, emptied, filled
Production values go in different directions  ;) 
Intent focus on giving....
Intent focus on giving.
Celebration, boredom, style... yearning for
Differences that meet at the root of things.

What comes naturally in every case - Life.
I sense somehow; could be wrong, but?

I Know It's Several Years Old,

But the film, "Monsoon Wedding" is a wonderful creation, I think I can safely say.

And this from a very shy recommender. I seem to be doing it more these days.

Looking for balance... always.

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"Monsoon Clouds Over the Houses of Gyantse Tibet"

Here are a couple of songs from the soundtrack - one plaintive, the other jubilant, in that order.

"Banished" first, then, "Aaja Nachle (Come On Dance!)"

Enjoy both or whichever. Hopefully at least one of them.... "~+~"

Every year we clean out our gutters; every year the people of India and elsewhere scrub off the plant life that's grown on all the buildings.