Healing Ceremony News

Well we are going to Chinle. Today's link is to the Hotel Site. There are three hotels. Mostly nice and accommodating. If you don't want to travel with your dog, you can pick out a rez dog from the parking lot. There are lots to go around.

So here is the deal:

The ceremony begins on Friday A.M.with the untimely death of a lamb. Then the making of the blood sausages. No one has to make or eat them. Just an event you might want to consider. I am sure you won't have this chance again. I am not sure what happens then but on Saturday we spend the day with the Medicine Man. Belle calls it a "Cultural Day" Time with him, explanations of how all this is going to work and what is going to be done and why. During this there is the preparation of big food. Big cooking for lots of people. Lots of tribe members, some friends, some strangers, lots of feasting. Then in the evening, we enter the Hogan for the actual event. It lasts a couple of hours.

As I mentioned before, Belle said we could not stand the three days in the Hogan. It would have killed the adults and defeated the purpose.

Everyone is invited. There is no way to fly to Chinle. Albaquequy or Phoenix with a drive via rental car is the only way. We are driving from Phoenix to Chinle on Thursday morning and back on Sunday. M-E and I are going to fly down on Wedneday and do some swimming. We are coming back on Monday. Trying to get a bit of rest.