The photos below are uploaded from my phone and were taken at a Dreamcather Workshop I attended tonight on campus in honor of Native American Heritage Month (November). Shame on me for not sharing with all of you all the fantastic events that were going on this month! Many of them conflicted with my work travel or prior personal engagements so this is the only event I was unable to attend and it was the last one offered. Here is a link to all the events that occurred on campus. NCSU Native American Heritage Month events
The Dreamcatcher workshop tonight was a fun, creative event and we learned that Indians believed that all bad or evil dreams would get tangled up in the dreamcatcher and only good dreams would go through the center hole and travel down through the feathers to the dreamer. The workshop was hosted by Sigma Omicron Epsilon, Inc. (Native American sorority) and has been an annual event on campus for nearly ten years. I was expecting a small intimate group of about 15-20 people but was surprised to find the entire Witherspoon Multipurpose Room full of "dreamweavers". About 60 people attended and the result was a sharing of culture and alot of creativity. It was an uplifting and positive environment with everyone encouraging and complimenting each others' creations. I attended along with two of my colleagues, Admissions Counselors Tia Bell and Rachel Ensing (from the Haliwa-Saponi tribe of NC). At first we struggled to figure out how to weave our dreamcathers but with a little coaching by the hosts, we figured out the pattern and had a blast. I can't wait to attend this workshop next year! I hope you will watch for these events next year and plan to attend!
Since I was slack about getting the word out about these events, I'd like to promote that tomorrow evening on campus there is a Kwanzaa Celebration on campus from 7:00 to 9:00pm in Witherspoon Cinema. The event will highlight traditional Kwanzaa rituals, storytelling, and food and will feature Donna K. Buie (aka) Mama Koku, African American Master Storyteller and Writer.
Should be a pretty neat cultural event! Perhaps I'll see you there!?
The Dreamcatcher workshop tonight was a fun, creative event and we learned that Indians believed that all bad or evil dreams would get tangled up in the dreamcatcher and only good dreams would go through the center hole and travel down through the feathers to the dreamer. The workshop was hosted by Sigma Omicron Epsilon, Inc. (Native American sorority) and has been an annual event on campus for nearly ten years. I was expecting a small intimate group of about 15-20 people but was surprised to find the entire Witherspoon Multipurpose Room full of "dreamweavers". About 60 people attended and the result was a sharing of culture and alot of creativity. It was an uplifting and positive environment with everyone encouraging and complimenting each others' creations. I attended along with two of my colleagues, Admissions Counselors Tia Bell and Rachel Ensing (from the Haliwa-Saponi tribe of NC). At first we struggled to figure out how to weave our dreamcathers but with a little coaching by the hosts, we figured out the pattern and had a blast. I can't wait to attend this workshop next year! I hope you will watch for these events next year and plan to attend!
Since I was slack about getting the word out about these events, I'd like to promote that tomorrow evening on campus there is a Kwanzaa Celebration on campus from 7:00 to 9:00pm in Witherspoon Cinema. The event will highlight traditional Kwanzaa rituals, storytelling, and food and will feature Donna K. Buie (aka) Mama Koku, African American Master Storyteller and Writer.
Should be a pretty neat cultural event! Perhaps I'll see you there!?
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