{"id":542,"date":"2017-04-16T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/atikamekw-nehirowisiwok\/05-spiritualite\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T09:26:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:26:02","slug":"05-spiritualite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/atikamekw-nehirowisiwok\/05-spiritualite\/","title":{"rendered":"05 &#8211; Spiritualite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"\u201cMantokasowin\u201d consists of \u201cmanito\u201d, which means \u201csupreme being\u201d and \u201ckaso\u201d makes reference to an action, to do something, to movement. \u201cKaso\u201d is always associated to another component, as in \u201ckicikaso\u201d (someone who sets out to pay, \u201ckici\u201d referring to pay) or \u201cmikaso\u201d (someone who sets out to defeat another, \u201cmi\u201d referring to the battle). \u201cKaso\u201d makes reference to movement, to action, something compelled by the supreme being which sets everything in motion. \">Spirituality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Between birth and death, <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"We see life and death as connected, within the same infinite circle. When you are born, it also implies that you are going to die; you are born, you die. The drum is a symbol of this cycle of life and death; its beat is infinite; the rhythm of life.\">Life<\/a> is but an accessory. What matters to us is the survival of the spirit which depends on family members who must look after the spirit of the dead, through the bonds created by the <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"The word \u201cdrum\u201d is translated as \u201ctewehikan\u201d, but basically it\u2019s a contraction. The true original word could be written \u201cOtewehikan\u201d, but the \u201co\u201d sound is absent in pronunciation, almost mute, hence the standardized spelling \u201ctewehikan\u201d. This brings to light the fact that this word includes the concept \u201cotehi\u201d, which means \u201cheart\u201d. The drum is therefore \u201cthe heart\u2019s object\">Drum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The use of this instrument requires special respect, demands a seriousness and thereby, bears in its symbolism purity and the centrality of relationships that bind us to other beings, to the world and to spirits. We are reclaiming this organ which is the <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"The word \u201cdrum\u201d is translated as \u201ctewehikan\u201d, but basically it\u2019s a contraction. The true original word could be written \u201cOtewehikan\u201d, but the \u201co\u201d sound is absent in pronunciation, almost mute, hence the standardized spelling \u201ctewehikan\u201d. This brings to light the fact that this word includes the concept \u201cotehi\u201d, which means \u201cheart\u201d. The drum is therefore \u201cthe heart\u2019s object\">Drum<\/a> to stay alive; we strike its membrane so that the meanings of our dreams finally become understandable again through the chaos of this era.<\/p>\n<p>Many are fighting for the repatriation of our ancestors\u2019 bones preserved in museums or universities. We want to bring them back near us, within our communities; an urgent necessity since abandoning them is unthinkable to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirituality &nbsp; Between birth and death, Life is but an accessory. 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