Budding Reflection Oral Histories // Family Stories, Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJune 21, 2020dabke, eastern christianity, Egypt, henna, jewish, Lebanon, mixed race, reclaiming traditions, Syrian, tatreez, wedding ritualsComment
Inheritance, Intuition, and Empowerment: Sacred Coffee Divination Rituals Heal and Defy Injustices throughout Space and Time Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Dreams + Divination PracticesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeDecember 12, 2019Armenia, coffee divination, feminism, folk healing, folk traditions, healing, intuitionComment
SWANA Life: Various Armenian Practices Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJune 3, 2018ancestral practices, Ancestral Wisdom, Armenia, coffee divination, divination tips, folk healing, folk traditions, Hayastan, proverb, traditionComment
Who I am or what will I be: how to interpret dreams? Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Dreams + Divination PracticesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMay 7, 2018Armenia, dream interpretation, family tradition, folk healing, Hayastan, healing, yerazahanComment
Astghik and Vardavar, the Festival of Roses Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMay 1, 2018Armenia, Astghik, Festival of Roses, goddess, Hayastan, healing, plantcestral reflection, pre-christian, roses, Vardavar, waterComment
learning a new language: rug symbols & patterns Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Cultural Patterns + Symbols // Textiles + WeavingSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, Georgia, Hayastan, patterns, rugs, symbols, tree of life, weavingComment
VARTIVAR: digging for the pagan roots of our holidays Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, Astghik, Festival of Roses, folk healing, Hayastan, plantcestral reflection, pre-christian, ritual, roses, Vardavar, waterComment
armenian wedding tradition: the "ghnah" Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, ghnah, Hayastan, henna, tradition, wedding rituals, women's ritesComment
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION... Do NOT steal my culture please! Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeOctober 13, 2017birthing traditions, cultural appropriation, decolonization, post-partum, reclaiming traditions, the nafsa project, traditional healingComment
Esfand: Warding off the White Gaze Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Ethnobotanical Medicine // Plantcestral ArchiveSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJuly 2, 2015ancestral re-memberance, Art, decolonization, evil eye, folk healing, grandmother medicine, Iran, plantcestral medicine, protection, ritual, syrian rue | esfand | hermala peganum, traditional healingComment
Forgetfulness Healing, Oral Histories // Family Stories, Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeSeptember 11, 2014ancestral practices, ancestral re-memberance, coffee divination, folk healing, grandmother medicine, medicinal remedy, memory, mental health, oral history, plantcestral reflection, resilience, story telling, Teta, traditional healing, traumaComment
Here in the diaspora, ritual woke us up to the ancestor's stories Healing, Oral Histories // Family Stories, Cultural Traditions + RitualsLayla K. FeghaliMay 30, 2014ancestors, ancestral re-memberance, dessert, diaspora, easter, eastern christianity, family tradition, folk traditions, food is medicine, Lebanese Easter, m3amoul, memory, ritual, story telling, tradition Comments