Honoring Ancestors
Negar’s haft sin table
For the ones who have come
And for the ones who have gone
For the ones who have lived
And whose gifts are in the stone
We wave goodbye
With sadness and cheer
For the happy ones
Whose waters are clear
For the meeting point
Where we will see you one day
And where the worlds are joined
For the longer stay
For all of us together
We bow and pray
For all of us together
Each in own way
Wonderful words, so poetic and touching. Thanks for liking my post.
Thanks so much! I was inspired to post it after visiting a great gal pal to honor her Persian New Year (Naw-Ruz) celebration. I loved her altar, she explained the symbolics of it, and told me about her ancestors. It was very moving and reminded me how grateful I am that my shamanic work allows me to meet many ancestors from various traditions.
She must be a very humble and nice person. I appreciate the time you took to explain.
Beautiful haft sin table π
Yeah, I thought so as well! Very inspiring! I will tell my gal pal you liked it, it will make her day π
Please do π
Lovely.
Thank you so very much π
This is a beautiful tribute! Thank you for sharing and thank you for stopping by Travel Oops.
Thanks! We both share love of travel and good laughs π
I enjoyed browsing through your blog and will return again!
Beautiful – and true.
Thank you! It sounds true to me too π
Happy Persian New Year (a little late, but is it ever too late to have a happy new year?)! Lovely poem.
Elephant
Yes, you are right, it’s never too late… And anyways it was my really good galpal’s celebration, I was just invited but thoroughly enjoyed it π
Thanks again and I am glad you liked it!
That’s a beautiful tribute to your ancestors.
How interesting and beautiful a custom that you learned from your friend. We can all gain so much by learning the customs of other cultures. Thank you for stopping by my blog.it is nice to become aware of yours.
I know, this is why for this post I chose a different culture than my shamanic one and than my own I was raised in.
Thanks for your comment!
Beautiful table. This celebration is entirely new to me so I got to learn about a new cultural tradition. Thank you so much for introducing me to haft sin.
Yes, me too! And my Persian girlfriend really cared that I mention that this celebration is more about spring renewal.
To me, all altars talk to our ancestors, and many customs come from our ancient (‘pagan’) roots. But hey that’s just me π
This is lovely. I once visited a place where the ancestors of a certain tribe of African people were ‘believed’ to be located, and it was an amazing experience. They really could be felt and heard, as if they were physical.
That’s wonderful! I have recently been to Africa for the first time and have totally fell in love! So much so, that we are going back for a month this summer π
I have always felt close to the traditions of Indians of the Americas, but have to say that something has happened for me while in Africa and I could really feel that that is where life on Earth started and evolved from (I know that the science confirms that but I never felt it true in my inner being π I would be very interested to learn more about your book!
It’s a free e-book that you can click onto on my site. I think you’ll enjoy it.
Lovely.
Thank you!
We are our Ancestors. : )
Ooohhh yes! well said, thank you π
Great poem! (: Upon seeing the haft sin table, and the comments on this blog, I suddenly missed celebrating the Persian New Year. The Haft Sin (or 7 “S”) table represents many things about this life. It’s one of those age-old traditions that remains kept up to this very day. Although late, I wish you and everyone a happy spring beginning. (:
Thanks so much! I am really at awe of the great response to this post. It’s wonderful that so many of us could honor a different tradition. And I think we all missed spring this year, but it’s finally coming. It will shine bright π
Beautiful post, and wonderful comments too. thank you for sharing and shaing your light.
i hope someday
to take my seat
alongside my
ancestors
in the
Halls of Valhalla
and become
an Ancestor
myself
worthy
of memory
you bring very thought provoking topics to the front of the page
thank you
I feel very honored by your visit and your kind comments! And I do believe that there is a seat reserved for you π xox
I like that Buddhist holiday where you light a candle and there is drumming and dancing. I can’t recall what its called but I so enjoyed participating one year at a temple, it was all about honoring our ancestors.
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Thanks for reblogging, much appreciated! xox