| Puvungna, Long Beach Songfest Nov 23th, 12 pm-3 pm |
 18 Nov 2003 @ 07:25, by Letecia LaysonPuvungna, Long Beach We invite all who have a song to share and a good heart to sing. All who want to sing with others in harmony and peace. Bring songs to sing, clappers, rattles, chair, water, a little sage to burn We will be sharing our California songs and making clapper sticks. The Land wants us to sing the songs. Our Spirit wants us to sing the songs. Singing is deep-rooted in our traditions: a profound form of prayer. Our hearts join the Circle as we dedicate our songs to the well-being of All That Is. Note: Puvungna is the Indian village which once occupied the land where Cal State Long Beach now stands. Puvungna remains sacred to the Gabrielino and other Indian people as a spiritual center from which their lawgiver and god -- Chungichnish -- instructed his people. Ethnohistoric evidence clearly identifies Puvungna with Rancho Los Alamitos, a portion of which became the Cal State Long Beach campus. More than a dozen archaeological sites spread over an area of about 500 acres on and near our campus have been identified as Puvungna village sites. Most of these have been destroyed by development. |