Canada Vignettes - Indian Pipe

Canada Vignettes - Indian Pipe

This carved ritual pipe from the Plains Indian culture depicts the act of creation, alive in stone, Mother Earth in the embrace of Father Sky. Integral to the all-important sacred ceremonies, this personal possession expresses in strong imagery the vigor and joy of life itself.

Production Agency: National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca
Production Year: 1979
Canada Vignettes: Compilation Reel 1

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[777dingo]

It looks like a man and a woman on that pipe, where did you get the earth and sky idea from? Its true that God created us from the earth and put his Spirit into us and made us living souls, so i guess you could say that the earth is our Mother. But God is our Father, since he created us. The sky is not our father. Perhaps you are confusing the sky with the great Spirit, which is God.

[runingblackbear]

a qua du li ga nv na wa

[Trund27]

Very sensual.