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Sacred Natural Spring near the Sacred Cave
This is Part II in a series of two soundscapes that I captured at what is considered a sacred site in northwestern Massachusetts. Part II is a 4 #39;20" soundscape of a natural spring adjacent to a small cave, where at least four different tribes of indigenous peoples of the Americas have held special ceremonies (tribal peoples coming from the northeast and plains regions of the United States and Canada). This soundscape follows a clear formal architectonic shape: a) the gentle trickling sounds of the flow of a natural spring, rustling leaves during the fall season, bird-life; b) an increase in wind intensity and forest sounds activity; and c) a decrease in the wind intensity revealing the "tapping" percussive sounds of falling leaves (lots of birch and white oak), shaken from their branches and making their improvisatory decent to earth. Native American spirituality is a land-based spirituality, above all else. The relationship between the land and the people was one of mystical inter-dependence, and it played a central role in the lives of many of these peoples. As Angie Debo writes in The History of the Indians of the United States: he (the Indian) was deeply religious. The familiar shapes of earth, the changing sky, the wild animals he knew, were joined with his own spirit in mystical communion. The powers of nature, the personal quest of the soul, the acts of daily life, the solidarity of the tribe--all were religious, and were sustained by dance and ritual. Taken from ...From:EcoEarSoundscapesViews:0 0ratingsTime:04:23More inMusic

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