Indigenae, Boom Festival 2014, Portugal

2000 women and men part of Boom Festival gathered together to share a dream of feminine and masculine power coming into balance. Women embodied the earth goddess symbolizing the qualities of nurturing, connection to the land and unconditional love while men created a circle of protection in the form of a serpent, symbolizing transformation, wisdom and collective healing.

Dancing without Borders and Spectral Q co-produced this ritual in partnership with Boom Festival, the Mandala Crew and an amazing team of musicians, artists, movement facilitators and volunteers.

Thank you to our partners and collaborators

A special thank you to Teresa Bhakti Haka Gabriel for bringing an amazing team of musicians together, for her voice and sense of vision. Thank you Ana Martins Proença for introducing the Mandala crew and activating the moon energy. Thank you Gabrielle Cloutier for bringing the power of sacred sound into this ritual, making it a more embodied experience. Thank you Ricardo Santos for playing the bag pipe, inspiring over countless folks to join this collective experience. Thank you Anne Bretschneider for being such an amazing right hand super woman. Thank you David Ferreira, Sigward Moser,Kamapua’a Nonm and all of those who contributed to creating the aerial formation design made of 1000s of rocks on a very hot day. Thank you John Quigley for your sweat, vision, devotion, and brilliant creative and mathematical mind, bringing this Aerial art into reality. Thank you Chiara and Artur for believing in this vision, offering the Boom land as a canvas to turn this vision into reality. Thank you Ioni Cândida, Cher Lyn & Beatris Karaoglanyan for co-creating the original sketch. Thank you Janell Kapoor and Eric Gauthier for your support all around. Thank you Joao Xavier, Joao, Jakob, Filipe and many other photographers who captured this ritual from the sky. Thank you Mathieu Fortier and Jeunes musiciens du monde for being our associate producer. Thank you David Hofstatterfor believing in the vision and donating to the project. Finally, thank you to all the participants present, for bringing the transformative power of your heart, presence and energy into this collective prayer.


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