A Tibetan living overseas sharing thoughts and observations

Saturday, July 18, 2009

June 21st, 2009 Third day of Solstice.

In the morning after I ate breakfast. I talked to a woman for forty minutes. Jeremiah cooked very good meat and his wife brought some to me. This Island is very small but really beautiful and people around and some musicians and singers near the ocean played guitar and sang songs. I took photos and recorded their songs, after lunch all the men met together for Arlen. All the men talked to Arlen about their experiences and how to be a good person and have a good future. Arlen is fifteen years old. But he wanted to be adult, a man. We had 21 men. Arlen didn’t eat food for three days. So when we were talking he ate some dessert and all the people handed around that food. Forty minutes later all the men swam, Women meeting for Ellen and Marta in the teepee, they talked about their experiences for Ellen and Marta. Sounds like education. Ellen is seventeen years old and Marta is sixteen years old. But they want to be adult women, after meeting one hour later. Arlen used a kayak to come and Ellen and Marta used a boat. We played different instruments and said welcome and congratulated them. We had five photographers but only Gregg took photos. We made a big circle and played a little game. Then three adults they gave us little presents and their parents gave them some gifts. Karen gave her daughter a book. When Karen read a poem I was next to her and I cried a lot, because Karen’s husband dead five months ago. I thought about Karen and her kids. I couldn’t stop crying I had a lot of tears, really sad. C.B. was on my left, she cried too. Forty five minutes later all the fathers with kids went to another place. Kids gave to fathers’ flowers and they said “happy fathers’ day” and sang a fathers song and the kids massaged to fathers. Irene massaged me. When she gave me a massage I missed my daughter Tserang Tso. I sang with Rosie and Kristin. We ate all the food and drank together and in the night we made a big fire and put cedar on the fire and prayed. After prayer we played drums and women danced. At3:00 a m Gregg and Greg took off their clothes and danced a woman did the same and danced another four women wanted to take off their clothes. But I don’t know what happened. They didn’t, I took off my shirt then danced. At 5:10 a.m. it got light and some kids slept near the fire. Jaime and some men still drank beer and talked. I went to bed. My wife’s body was really warm.In the morning after I ate breakfast. I talked to a woman for forty minutes. Jeremiah cooked very good meat and his wife brought some to me. This Island is very small but really beautiful and people around and some musicians and singers near the ocean played guitar and sang songs. I took photos and recorded their songs, after lunch all the men met together for Arlen. All the men talked to Arlen about their experiences and how to be a good person and have a good future. Arlen is fifteen years old. But he wanted to be adult, a man. We had 21 men. Arlen didn’t eat food for three days. So when we were talking he ate some dessert and all the people handed around that food. Forty minutes later all the men swam, Women meeting for Ellen and Marta in the teepee, they talked about their experiences for Ellen and Marta. Sounds like education. Ellen is seventeen years old and Marta is sixteen years old. But they want to be adult women, after meeting one hour later. Arlen used a kayak to come and Ellen and Marta used a boat. We played different instruments and said welcome and congratulated them. We had five photographers but only Gregg took photos. We made a big circle and played a little game. Then three adults they gave us little presents and their parents gave them some gifts. Karen gave her daughter a book. When Karen read a poem I was next to her and I cried a lot, because Karen’s husband dead five months ago. I thought about Karen and her kids. I couldn’t stop crying I had a lot of tears, really sad. C.B. was on my left, she cried too. community gave to someone a good present every years. So this time they chosed Ellen and gave to her a good camera. Forty five minutes later all the fathers with kids went to another place. Kids gave to fathers’ flowers and they said “happy fathers’ day” and sang a fathers song and the kids massaged to fathers. Irene massaged me. When she gave me a massage I missed my daughter Tserang Tso. I sang with Rosie and Kristin. We ate all the food and drank together and in the night we made a big fire and put cedar on the fire and prayed. After prayer we played drums and women danced. At3:00 a m Gregg and Greg took off their clothes and danced a woman did the same and danced another four women wanted to take off their clothes. But I don’t know what happened. They didn’t, I took off my shirt then danced. At 5:10 a.m. it got light and some kids slept near the fire. Jaime and some men still drank beer and talked. I went to bed. My wife’s body was really warm.

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