Salve! So how's it going? Pretty good? Well, today I want to show you about the Dreamctchers!
Anyway, I've got an additional class for calculus with my senior at the campus, but I find out myself so lazy like a hell. So I decided to skip the class, and enjoy studying by myself. Next week, I'm going to do the mid-term test, it means I gotta study hard for the sake of good result. Totally lack in calculus!
The Dreamcatchers, I'm sure that almost all of you have known about the dreamcatchers. I have one and I often wear it to the campus, since it's incredibly suitable for many kinds of style. Mine was bought by my sister during her holiday in Bali. Actually nowadays, there are a lot of stores which is selling the dreamcatchers, but my sister chose to buy it in Bali.
That was mine :) Though it's not so big, but I really love this one. Some of you or all of you might be curious about the origin of the dreamcatchers. That's why I make this post to get you know about the dreamcatchers.
Dreamcatchers are thought to have originated with the Ojibway tribe of the plains, but many other tribes such as the Chippewa and Lakota have their own versions of the dreamcatcher legend. The first non-Native American documentation was by a scholar named Francis Densmore in 1929. Although there are many variations, a dreamcatcher is basically a small circle of wood that is tied with sinew or thread to resemble a web with a small hole in the middle. The strings or sinews are tied at several points on the circle, with the number of points on the dreamcatcher having different meanings:
* 13 points – the 13 phases of the moon
* 8 points – the number of legs on the spider woman of the dreamcatcher legend
* 7 points – the seven prophecies of the grandfathers
* 6 points – an eagle or courage
* 5 points – the star
There are several legends of it, which are Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Lakota. But some sources told that the origin is Ojibwe.This is the story of how the spider woman brought the sun back to the people of the world. Once, the Ojibway people were gathered together as one nation. As the people dispersed to the four corners of North America, Asibikaashi (the spider woman) swore that she would continue to take care of the children, but couldn’t get to each bed every night. The women of the tribe wove magic webs shaped like a circle (which is how the sun travels through the sky) and hung them over the cradleboards. Just as the spider woman traps insects in her sticky web, the bad dreams are trapped in the web of the dreamcatcher and perish as the sun hits them every morning. Many mothers tied a feather to the hoop in the center representing breath or air. The baby would watch the feather and be entertained as it danced on the wind above its head.
Once, Charles P Whitecoyote has ever said about the fact that many people used to hang the dreamcatchers on the rearview mirror, and he objected this action, since the dreamcatchers are not allowed to be placed on a moving vehicle. While I wear it as a necklace and I'm obviously moving, so how it will be -_- meehh
Besides, the dreamcatcher is hung above a sleeping area in a place where the morning light can hit it. The nature of the Dream Catcher will attract all sorts of dreams to its webs. When bad dreams come, they do not know the way through the web and get caught in the webbing where the first light of day causes them to melt away and perish. The good dreams knowing the way go through the center of the web and slide down the feather to the sleeper below.
However, a legend is just a legend, you can believe it or not. It's all up to you, since it's based on Indians' faith, while I'm not an Indian, and I have no intention to believe on it, so I love this as one of fashion stuff. But to get known about the philosophy behind it, will make you to be more appreciate towards the culture of Indian people, and widen your insight as well.
Anyway, I've promised you to show my lovely blanket on my previous post, I'm not going to make you wait any longer, so here it is!
Besides, currently I listen to Le Festin by Camille, it's a soundtrack of Ratatouille. The music is easy listening, each melody floated beautifully, although it's in French, and I don't know exactly about te meaning, but it's just so lovely to hear. I often play this song before go to bed, and it makes me extremely relax :) Here is the lyric!
Dreamcatchers are thought to have originated with the Ojibway tribe of the plains, but many other tribes such as the Chippewa and Lakota have their own versions of the dreamcatcher legend. The first non-Native American documentation was by a scholar named Francis Densmore in 1929. Although there are many variations, a dreamcatcher is basically a small circle of wood that is tied with sinew or thread to resemble a web with a small hole in the middle. The strings or sinews are tied at several points on the circle, with the number of points on the dreamcatcher having different meanings:
* 13 points – the 13 phases of the moon
* 8 points – the number of legs on the spider woman of the dreamcatcher legend
* 7 points – the seven prophecies of the grandfathers
* 6 points – an eagle or courage
* 5 points – the star
There are several legends of it, which are Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Lakota. But some sources told that the origin is Ojibwe.This is the story of how the spider woman brought the sun back to the people of the world. Once, the Ojibway people were gathered together as one nation. As the people dispersed to the four corners of North America, Asibikaashi (the spider woman) swore that she would continue to take care of the children, but couldn’t get to each bed every night. The women of the tribe wove magic webs shaped like a circle (which is how the sun travels through the sky) and hung them over the cradleboards. Just as the spider woman traps insects in her sticky web, the bad dreams are trapped in the web of the dreamcatcher and perish as the sun hits them every morning. Many mothers tied a feather to the hoop in the center representing breath or air. The baby would watch the feather and be entertained as it danced on the wind above its head.
Once, Charles P Whitecoyote has ever said about the fact that many people used to hang the dreamcatchers on the rearview mirror, and he objected this action, since the dreamcatchers are not allowed to be placed on a moving vehicle. While I wear it as a necklace and I'm obviously moving, so how it will be -_- meehh
Besides, the dreamcatcher is hung above a sleeping area in a place where the morning light can hit it. The nature of the Dream Catcher will attract all sorts of dreams to its webs. When bad dreams come, they do not know the way through the web and get caught in the webbing where the first light of day causes them to melt away and perish. The good dreams knowing the way go through the center of the web and slide down the feather to the sleeper below.
However, a legend is just a legend, you can believe it or not. It's all up to you, since it's based on Indians' faith, while I'm not an Indian, and I have no intention to believe on it, so I love this as one of fashion stuff. But to get known about the philosophy behind it, will make you to be more appreciate towards the culture of Indian people, and widen your insight as well.
Anyway, I've promised you to show my lovely blanket on my previous post, I'm not going to make you wait any longer, so here it is!
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| It was being contested by most of my friends while we were going to sleep at night in KIAS Mentari 2013 |
Le Festin
French lyrics:
Les rves des amoureux sont comm(e) le bon vin
Ils donn(ent) de la joie ou bien du chagrin
Affaibli par la faim je suis malheureux
Volant en chemin tout ce que je peux
Car rien nest gratuit dans la vie
Lespoir est un plat bien trop vite consomm
A sauter les repas je suis habitu
Un voleur solitaire est triste nourrir
A un jeu si amer je npeux russir
Car rien nest gratuit dans
La vie Jamais on ne me dira
Que la course aux toiles; a nest pas pour moi
Laissez moi vous merveiller et prendre mon en vol
Nous allons en fin nous rgaler
La ft(e) va enfin commencer
Sortez les bouteilles; finis les ennuis
Je dresse la table, de ma nouvell(e) vie
Je suis heureux lide de ce nouveau destin
Une vie me cacher et puis libre enfin
Le festin est sur mon chemin
Une vie me cacher et puis libre enfin
Le festin est sur mon chemin
English lyrics:
Dreams are to lovers as wine is to friends
Carried through lifetimes, (and) spilled now and then
I am driven by hunger, so saddened to be
Thieving in darkness; I know youre not pleased
But nothing worth eating is free
My hope is a banquet impatiently downed
Impossibly full, now Ill probably drown
Many thieves lives are lonely with one mouth to feed
If giving means taking, Ill never succeed
For nothing worth stealing is
Free at last; wont be undersold
Surviving isnt living; wont eat what Im told
Let me free, Ill astonish you; Im planning to fly
I wont let this party just pass me by
The banquet is now underway, so
Bring out the bottles; a new tale has spun
In clearing this table, my new lifes begun
I am nervous, excited; (oh) just read the marquee!
A lifetime of hiding; Im suddenly free!
My dinner is waiting for me
A lifetime of hiding; Im suddenly free!
My dinner is waiting for me
Hope you glad to hear this song, since it's one of my favorite song :D
So let me end this post before you started to get bored. See ya dear!
XOXO,
Suci Salimah Giani
sources :
http://www.lifescript.com
http://www.dream-catchers.org
http://www.metrolyrics.com/le-festin-lyrics-camille.html
Own experience :)
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