Universal Dance Guatemala
A festival to elevate consciousness
Directions:
From San Pedro, take a boat to Santiago and ask the boatman to drop you off at the casa de Antonio (in Patziapa, 5 minutes outside Santiago). Alternatively, ask a boatman in Santiago to bring you to the casa de Antonio.
DJ’s
- Mickey (Italy)
- Ahau DJ (Gua)
- Solar Plexus www.myspace.com/solarplexusg (Guatemala, ReCrystallize Records)
- Surprise guests!
Live Music
- La Trova del Lago - Modern and folkloric music - View performance here
- Grupo Maya Tzutujil - Traditional Maya Atitlan music from Santiago
- Dada Pranesh - Kirtan chanting
- Didgeridoo, guitar, and drum performances
Speakers
- Tono Aguilar - www.debtorsprisonblog.org
“La historia del universo y la conciencia” (The history of the universe and consciousness), “La prision global de la deuda y el cambio de paradigma que nos espera” (The global debt prison and the paradigm shift that awaits us) - Dada Pranesh - “PROUT
Teoria de Utilizacion Progresiva: uno sistema social holistic para una nueva conciencia planetaria”
(Progressive Utilization Theory: a holistic social system for a new planetary consciousness) - Samuel Saghafi - www.greennewworld.org
“Modelos integrados para una vida sostenible” (Integrated Models for Sustainable Living) - Instituto Mesoamericano de la Permacultura - “Los Principios de la Permacultura” (Principles of Permaculture)
- Otoniel Bixcul Coroxon - “La cuestion de los Desechos solidos y la salud del Lago de Atitlan”
(The question of solid wastes and the health of Lake Atitlan) - Grupo Long Way Home - “Los Principios de la biotectura, usa de materiales reciclados para construccion”
(Principles of Biotecture and the use of recycled materials for construction)
Workshops & Classes
- Dada Pranesh - “Principios y Practicas de Ecologia Interna y Externa” (Principles and Practices of Internal and External Ecology), “Introduccion a Meditacion” (Introduction to Meditation)
- Grupo Mayapedal - “Las aplicaciones de la tecnologia bicimaquina para generar energia” (Applications of bicycle machine technology for generating energy)
- Ashtanga yoga in mornings
- Acupressure massage workshop
Special events
- Mayan shamaness performing fire ceremony (morning of January 2nd)
- Fire Performances
Demonstration technologies
- Mongolian-style yurt: cheap and natural
- Solar energy products from Quetsol
- Bicimaquinas de energia humano from Mayapedal
- Permaculture water and garden system, solar water heating system, and rainwater collection system from Project Nuevo Mundo
Participating Organizations
- Mayapedal - Pedal-powered machines in Guatemala - www.mayapedal.org
- Long Way Home - www.longwayhomeinc.org
- Ananda Marga - Self-realization and service to humanity
www.anandamarga.org - Instituto Mesoamericana de la Permacultura (IMAP)
- Green New World / Project Alpha - www.greennewworld.org