ABS201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Green Bean, Smudge Stick, Full Moon
10 Apr 2018
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If women are on their period, they are already purifying themselves therefore do not have to participate in this. It is a short opening/introduction, a way to welcome individuals. If your heart is heavy, you are hearing, speaking, seeing ill smudging will help purify. In some ceremonies, they want you to remove any metals (rings, necklaces and bracelets). Man-made materials are not supposed to be included [hence why matches were used, not a lighter]. Indigenous people have been taught they are responsible for the care of these medicines and. Therefore great respect must be given when picking medicines: southern ontario and qu bec medicines, sweet grass, cedar, tobacco, sage, tobacco used is not commercial, it is traditional. Indigenous and aboriginal: often used interchangeably, not e(cid:448)ery i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous a(cid:374)d aborigi(cid:374)al people do(cid:374)"t belie(cid:448)e they are ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374). Ca(cid:374)ada (cid:449)as created after: are sovereign entities, no (cid:862)s(cid:863) after aborigi(cid:374)al.
