Dancing Peacock Paradise

Dances of Universal Peace

"Honoring the Earth"
Saturday, April 25th

with DiAnahita Kanoy
Music by Khalika Pethes,
Mike Vincent & Scott Kessler

Click to view photos from our April 2015 event.

Dances of Universal Peace Saturday, April 25, 2015 Near Ft. McCoy, Gainesville, & Ocala, Florida RSVP with your town for address & Directions It’s a beautiful time of year in the woods! Open from 2:00 – 9:00 PM Dances led by DiAnahita Music for April 25 &/or 26 by Mary Fukuyama, Scott Kessler, Khalika Pethes & Mike Vincent Suggested Donation $10 + potluck dish or + $5 for dinner Please Reserve if you would like lodging ($25 per person/per night) Schedule             2:00 – 2:45   Arrival & Enjoying Nature                                Musicians practice 1:30 – 2:30           3:00 – 5:00   Dances of Universal Peace           5:00 – 6:00   Group Portrait & Free time           5:30              Potluck Setup at the cottage           6:00              Dinner by the lake at the cottage           7:00              Special Music by Khalika           7:15              Zikr – Deeper Dancing           8:30              Desserts   Please RSVP And...on Sunday, April 26 in Gainesville... Recognizing the interdependence of all life, we are called as people of faith and conscience to heal and sustain the planet we call home.

Greetings & Welcome from our March Dancers

The Yazidi Peacock Angel comes  to the Earth on their New Year's Day (this year on April 15) observed as a time of remembrance, renewal, & fertility. An article co-authored by Patrick Harrigan & Nallein Al-Jilwah Sowilo: Yezidi New Year festival Sere Sal Sufi Meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1717 Nw 51st Terrace, Gainesville 32605, 7:00 - 8:30 PM  Yeziti New Year comments by Patrick Purification Breaths, Sufi Poetry, reading from the “Gathekas,” a Wazifa, a Dance & a zikr, followed by tea & sohbet (spiritual conversation) with DiAnahita “If there is any trace of the soul, it is to be found in breath.”  Hazrat Inayat Khan Wedding Blessings In the spirit of fostering community through the sharing of our personal lives, Steve Hawkins & Radomir Stec announce their marriage on March 21, the First Day of Spring, with Rev. Joy Dolci officiating the ceremony.  At the reception Dances were led by Jemila Felisko, accompanied by Hakima Greentree on guitar & Manny Gross on drum.  Dances included Circle of Love, Altissimo Corizon, & Deeper Into the Heart of Love. "When we pay attention to Nature's Music, everything on Earth contributes to its Harmony."  Hazrat Inayat Khan Hafiz Words to Dances Ganesha Sharinam, Sharinam Ganesha Mitakuye Oyasin E malama i ka heiau E malama i ka heiau E malama pono i ka heiau. Eh! Earth and sky, sea & stone Hold this land in Sacredness The Earth is our Mother We must take care of her.  Unite, my people Be One! Her sacred ground we walk upon with every step we take Unite, my people Be One!

Our own Dancing Peacock Charlemagne   Tibetans see Peacocks as bodhisattvas, because they can eat poison & still live so beautifully, symbolic of the ability of the Buddha to allow all emotions through &  still remain beautiful. Gainesville Sufi Healing Retreat with Himayat Transformation in Troubled Times focusing on Inner Resources to enhance Living  $185 April 18-19, 9:30 - 5:30  The Gainesville Retreat Center Contact  laishacanner@gmail.com Flier:  Facebook Group: Dances of Universal Peace Florida Jemila & Mike Felisko led dances in California in March! Kathy Staines has been accepted as a Mentored Musician for the Dances of Universal Peace International Tee Lee enjoying a walk by Beauty Lake I wish I were able to "hold onto" those moments better.  Our songs rise to bless the Earth & its creatures All Life is Sacred ................................................................................................... Celtic Benediction May the road rise with you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face May the rain fall soft upon your fields And until we meet again May Earth hold you in the hollow of her hands!

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Dances of Universal Peace honor religious traditions of the world by chanting phrases from holy scriptures & oral traditions.

Everything is taught in the moment as we join our voices together.