22. Dreamcatcher
Aqui esta la historia de los dreamcatchers. Esta foto es de la version 2.2. Cuenta con una base de acero 1018 forrado con alambre de cobre. La "telaraña" se compone de cable par trenzado categoria 5, este cable va a un circulo mas pequeño que forma el centro y regresa a la parte exterior. Con el fin de amplificar los buenos sueños se coloco un OP-AMP 324(amplificador operacional) operando de modo paso banda de segundo orden y un amplificador con factor de 100. En vez de plumas se uso un tablilla con un circuito impreso. Esta segunda version electronica no fue aceptada ni por mi madre ni por mis amigos, todos opinaron que la primera version 2.1 fue mejor. Primero perdio la tablilla que sustituia la pluma, ya que esa tampoco me gusto a mi, pero hoy fue desecho totalmente para ser recosntruido.
La version 2.3 tendra los mismos componentes, solo cambiara la manera en que el cable categoria 5 forma la telaraña.
Pido consejos para encontrar un sustituto electronico de las plumas.
Long ago in the ancient world of the Ojibwe Nation, the Clans were all
located in one general area of that place known as Turtle Island. This is the
way that the old Ojibwe storytellers say how Asibikaashi (Spider Woman) helped
Wanabozhoo bring giizis (sun) back to the people. To this day, Asibikaashi will
build her special lodge before dawn. If you are awake at dawn, as you should be,
look for her lodge and you will see this miracle of how she captured the sunrise
as the light sparkles on the dew which is gathered there.
Asibikaasi took care of her children, the people of the land, and she
continues to do so to this day. When the Ojibwe Nation dispersed to the four
corners of North America, to fill a prophecy, Asibikaashi had a difficult time
making her journey to all those cradle boards, so the mothers, sisters, &
Nokomis (grandmothers) took up the practice of weaving the magical webs for the
new babies using willow hoops and sinew or cordage made from plants. It is in
the shape of a circle to represent how giizis travels each day across the sky.
The dream catcher will filter out all the bad bawedjigewin (dreams) & allow
only good thoughts to enter into our minds when we are just abinooji. You will
see a small hole in the center of each dream catcher where those good bawadjige
may come through. With the first rays of sunlight, the bad dreams would perish.
When we see little asibikaashi, we should not fear her, but instead respect
and protect her. In honor of their origin, the number of points where the web
connected to the hoop numbered 8 for Spider Woman's eight legs or 7 for the
Seven Prophecies.
It was traditional to put a feather in the center of the dream catcher; it
means breath, or air. It is essential for life. A baby watching the air playing
with the feather on her cradleboard was entertained while also being given a
lesson on the importance of good air. This lesson comes forward in the way that
the feather of the owl is kept for wisdom (a woman's feather) & the eagle
feather is kept for courage (a man's feather). This is not to say that the use
of each is restricted by gender, but that to use the feather each is aware of
the gender properties she/he is invoking. (Indian people, in general, are very
specific about gender roles and identity.) The use of gem stones, as we do in
the ones we make for sale, is not something that was done by the old ones.
Government laws have forbidden the sale of feathers from our sacred birds, so
using four gem stones, to represent the four directions, and the stones used by
western nations were substituted by us. The woven dream catchers of adults do
not use feathers.
Dream catchers made of willow and sinew are for children, and they are not
meant to last. Eventually the willow dries out and the tension of the sinew
collapses the dream catcher. That's supposed to happen. It belies the
temporary-ness of youth. Adults should use dream catchers of woven fiber which
is made up to reflect their adult "dreams." It is also customary in many parts
of Canada and the Northeastern U.S. to have the dream catchers be a
tear-drop/snow shoe shape.
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