Category: Testimonials

2Spirit Kin and Relatives of many Nations gather round 

Ready to immerse our MultiSpirits within Big Drum sound

Receiving Teachings from Kanien’kehá:ka Elder Sedalia Fazio

Who Welcomes Us warmly to her Home Territory

Receiving Teachings from Oji-Cree Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby 

Who came from afar to share their Joy and 2Spirit Story

These Wisdom Weavers Remind Us

We ALL Belong at Big Drum

No matter Our Genders, Our Bodies

No matter where We’ve come from

Big Drum medicine is for Us All

So long as we show up with Respect

Big Drum Invites Us All

So We feast Big Drum together 

With Strawberries, Tobacco, and Sage

As the smell of sweet Berries 

and Earthy musky Plant Kin fills the Air

We rub these feasting Offerings 

into every surface and crevice of Big Drum with Care

We Feast Big Drum to Awaken Drum’s Spirit

To Honor the Animacy of this Dear Beloved Relative

Who Sings for Us All with Deep Voice and Resonance

Who Loves Us All Unconditionally

Who Remind Us of the Heartbeat of Mother Earth

Where We ALL Come from

Kischi Maarsii to Big Drum

So We Sing sweet Songs, like Strawberry Song

And We begin to sync Our Heart Beats Together

As We all Sing and Drum Along

One by One, Song after Song

We sync more and more

And We start to remember What We Came Here For

Our Voices hum along with the Booming Beat of Big Drum

And We Heal Together 

We Transmute Energies

As We Honor the shift in Seasons 

And changing Weather 

The Weather WithIn and the Weather WithOut

Our Rhythm in Sync with Grandfather Sun

New Beginnings for All Our Relations have just Begun 

Soon We begin to Feast Little Drums too

Honouring Their Spirits and Voices anew

Some Little Drums feasted for their very first time, like mine

What an honour it is to Feast my Little Drum with 2Spirit Kin by my side

I Sounded my Little Drum as We Sang closing Songs 

and my Drum came ALIVE

LOUDER BRIGHTER PROUDER THAN EVER

My Little Drum has ARRIVED

In Sacred Circle, We share Our name, Our Drum’s name

And what We’re calling in for this New Season

I discovered my Drum’s name is PLAMU

Meaning “salmon” in Mi’kmaq, named with deep reason

She was made at the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre

Plamu -a relative dear to me and my Celtic Ancestors

Reminders of childhood, the name of my favourite River

As We said our Goodbyes 

I could Feel something shift inside

Me and My Drum began a new Kind of Bond

A Reciprocal Love

A Relationship We’d Both Dreamed of

Now, Plamu and I host Drumming and Singing Circles

On a weekly basis

Together, We Co-Create a little Oasis

For Brothers, Sisters, and Siblings

Ready to Dance with the Remedy of Drum and Song

To Return to the Heartbeat of Earth Mother

Where We All Belong

-2S Drum Circle Fast – Celebrating Fall Equinox – Testimonial by Dani Sherwood