Healing power of the Seas

When the harvest is good, we use to carry a large piece of ice. The man carries it on his back and from the snowy mountains takes it to the sea; there, he puts it down, talks to it, thanks the sea for the process and asks for a renewal that prevents the lack of water. This is a millenary tradition in many communities from the Andes.

The first thing given to this world by the god Wiracocha was the sea, from where he came himself. In our cosmovision, that is where all beings are born, the origin of life itself. The sound of nature and seas is healing and mantric, the rhythm of the waves echoes the sound of the cosmos, of the primitiveness of our origin as beings, both human and animal. We are reminded of how little we are by the sound of the sea: endlessly little compared to its greatness, but great in spirit at the same time. Its healing and reflexive power is vital to the harmonizing between the human and the natural. We, Andean men, respectfully call it MAMACOCHA –mother of all waters, in Quechua.

Passing on,
Emilio Urbay
Musician
Peru