Tag: Ceremony

The 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, in the history of Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, stands out for its historical importance and the collective rave it received from domestic and international spectators alike. Directed by Dimitris Papaioannou, a Greek choreographer and artist, the largely po...

On Wednesday, October 19th, we were invited to an awards ceremony at 4:30pm in downtown Chicago. Jen had entered a writing competition and won 3rd place. Jen said “Forget it, its not important, we don’t have to go.” I told her parents wait all their lives for nights like this....

MIAMI, FL — Susan Summons, a Hall of Fame WBL Pro Legend, and MDC Icon, delivered the keynote address at the 54th Annual Miami Dade College Kendall Academic Awards Ceremony on April 19th, 2023, at noon. The event, with the theme “Celebrating Academic Excellence and Re-energizing Future C...

There is nothing more touching than being 10,000 miles away from one’s motherland and still preserving her ancient rituals with dedication. I was invited to the Upanayana ceremony of a young boy whose parents hail from the Indian state of Karnataka. I had met him on a couple of occas...

I was the first one to leave the emu farm where about 30 of us gathered in a tipi sitting up cross-legged around the all-night fire imbibing peyote. When the night ended I all but fled the scene. I told the host, my friend Hugo, I had to go home to meet a deadline. Little did he know it was self-...

Peyote is a small cactus growing in the Northern States of Mexico, also called ‘Abuelo’ (grandfather) by the native people. It has been used in traditions for centuries by the Huichol tribe and is thought to heal many illnesses, like snake bites, wounds, skin disease, tuberculosis, diabe...