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Fire and Ice Ceremony 2009 |
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I. Introduction
Greenland is becoming a central place of the
world because of what we have done to Mother Earth. The Icecap defines
the North and is a living body born in another time long, long ago. To
the people on the Top of the World, the Big Ice - the Grandfather -
carries the ancient wisdom of the earth. It is symbolic. Symbolic of
the endurance and power of the natural world. Symbolic of humankind’s
ability to alter the delicate balance of that Earth. Deliberately or
inadvertently, we are the blunt instrument of our ignorance, our
arrogance, and our disregard for the consequences of our actions.
Actions that have altered earth’s balance, symbolized most dramatically
by the melting of the ice.
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