Happy Damanhur New Year 40°!

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Aug 31, 14

LIVE COMMUNITY SPECIAL

Well, we had our annual ritual photo of the Popolo Spirituale yesterday at Damjl, and tonight, New Year’s Eve rituals and celebrations. Afternoon activities these days include a Horusiadi game that involves throwing corks into buckets, Sacred Language face painting, community sharing of handcrafts, Sacred Dance and a singing competition.

Here are some spontaneous portraits taken at the Open Temple before the official photo shoot (we’ll be sharing the photo of the Popolo soon!)

At a certain point right before the photo, 7 falcons appeared in the sky! A good sign.

After a buffet spread that quickly disappeared, we saw a retrospective video made by Gnomo Orzo covering 40 years of Damanhur in 6 minutes!

Damanhurian musicians performed, including the Casa Ragazzi rock band Piedi di Troll, Zigola singing backed by the Damanhur choir and Marco on drums. Zigola and Silvia sang a new English langauge rendition of ‘The King of Love,’ and the evening closed out with the classic version of this Damanhurian anthem: Re d’amore.

We could feel the love, emotion and unity in the air. Being together and sharing moments like these keeps the Popolo Spirituale alive and connected!

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