Pagan pride day
inagural event
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Las Cruces, N.M.
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Veteran's Park on Roadrunner Drive in Las Cruces.
Colorful booths displaying their wares were plentiful!
My Kemetic Orthodox Ancestral Altar ~ L-R:
Altar explanation & contents (under rock); offerings of flowers, water, bread & honeycomb
(Fava beans were also offered by the Strega altar creator in back);
Wesir votive, reclining Yinepu, incense in scarab-holder, Hethert votive;
Book of the Blessed Dead (Akhu registry) with mummy pen;
earthen pot for Letters to the Dead with framed explanation on R.
A box of tissue was also providedjust in case.
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Toni Harper of Natives and Nomads performs a sword dance
accompanied by the drumming of two troupe members.
The following photos are from "Return to the Goddess" performed at PPD in which dancers enact a Goddess meaningful to them in dance. Organized by Sarah, Jewel of the Nile, narrated by Senut.
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Patricia dances as Maia, Greek Goddess of Spring.
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Tawnya emerges from the seafoam (green veils) as Venus.
She is also a local ATS (American Tribal Style) dance instructor.
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Emma danced as the Hindu Goddess Kali-Ma with Her garland of skulls
(shown here in the public/group dance at the end of the show).
Her performance was a fantastic fusion of Rave and bellydance styles!
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Azadeh as Isiswith gift envelope (from Sarah) in hand!