Blessing the Water

The Inaugural Water Festival took place today at Rivermill Park in Huntsville.

The square was beautifully decorated with stained glass works by Evelyn Wolfe.
Just seeing them was worth the visit.

Now, this festival may not be for everyone. But, then, the same thing applies to Festivals centered around Rap Music, or Heavy Metal. It's a big world, there is room for all. I think it's great that there is such variety to be found in this part of the world!

The Festival brought Rivermill park to vividly colourful life. There was a lot of chanting. Some wonderful songs. A terrific children's choir. A lot of water... Prayers offered to the four directions. A nifty maze marked out in blue on green grass. Blessing offered to the water. Healing thoughts sent out to the water suffering from BP's oil disaster. (you can bet they're not chanting for harmony, but perhaps they should be. Not much else is working)

It was a holistic, alternative celebration, very gentle, very respectful, and very colourful.

And it helped bring some focus on the often overlooked importance of fresh, clean, healthy water, for us, for the planet.

Perhaps it brought a small but timely message to the World leaders... It is often cited that the next big war will be fought over water. We cannot live without it. It's time we treated it better.