Today is June 19th, the first day of the Summer Solstice. many people are celebrating Juneteenth, although I would have to say that we are not free. And of course, until all of us are free, none of us are free….Tomorrow, at 3:50pm ct, this new video will be released in conjunction with the actual MOMENT of the Summer Solstice. This will be a premier event, so we can watch together. I am excited!
Looking forward to seeing you at the Community Open House 6/20 from 5-7 pm (right after the release!) at Nichols Park 1355 E. 53rd across from Target!
Good Rising!
We continue to move along the Spiral Dance, the Wheel of the Year, with Original Reggae/Jazz Fusion & World Music. The next concert will be Sunday January 29 from 7-9pm. The Middle of Winter is known as Imbolic or Brigid to the Indigenous People of the North. Later on, the Church adapted this “Pagan” Holy day, and called it Candlemas. To the East, this the time of the Chinese New Year: in 2023, this occurs on January 22, at the New Moon closest to Mid-Winter. This is the Year of the Rabbit. In America, the spirituality is left out completely and known as Groundhog Day. No matter what culture, it is the Middle of Winter and lets us know that we are halfway to Springtime.
Turtle Island, Iroquois Nation Mid-Winter Observance….
Tshateko>sh#lha (Midwinter)
The Midwinter ceremony is celebrated five days after our new year moon (January). This is a time of renewing our responsibilities for the coming year.
The first day, there are three Great Feather Dances that are done. The first one is in honor of all of the title holders: Lotiyan#shu (the chiefs), Kutiyan#shu (the clanmothers), and Kay# Niyol$=wake Lonatlihu=t& (the faithkeepers). The second is in honor of K<ytohkwake=k&, all of the people who hold no title form the youngest newborn to the eldest. The last one is in honor of Shukwaya>t$su, our Creator.
The second day is <twakh<la=w^li, “Stirring the Ashes”. The ashes from the wood stoves are used to symbolize our Mother Earth. Wooden paddles are used to turn the ashes over and replenish our Mother Earth so that she can renew herself.
The third day starts out with
Kayu>kw^thu, the Tobacco Burning Thanksgiving Ceremony. Oyu>kwa>u=w#, the real tobacco, is collected from all of the people. Through the burning of the tobacco, an acknowledgment, a thanksgiving, and an encouragement are conveyed to all of creation for the renewal and continuation of their responsibilities.
After the tobacco burning, the Hatu=w,@ the men’s songs, are sung. This a time when our real names are uplifted (put through to the Creator for recognition). Faithkeepers can also be “put up” during this time, and the Friendship Medicine Society can also be renewed. Oneho=l&, the Water Drum Dance, is then done and everyone dances. A speaker is chosen to give thanks to all things on earth.
The significance of the drum is that it is round, representing everything in creation and the connection between everything on earth, including the human family. The beating of the drum and the people dancing in a circle, constantly moving in a circle, symbolizes the ongoing cycle of life. Sa=yes, the wild blackberry is mixed with water and made into a drink which is used as a medicine at this time.
The fourth day is Kay<towa=n^, the Peach Stone Game. Lotiskle=w@ke, the Bear Clan, and Latiny^tha, the Turtle Clan, play against Latikw@ho, the Wolf Clan. Things that
Oneida Cultural Heritage Department
are highly looked upon to bet are wampum, traditional clothing, lacrosse sticks, or turtle rattles. Things not to bet are anything that is solid red in color, which represents anger, anything black, which represents death, or anything is shiny, which represents greed.
After the Peach Stone Game is done,
Ohstowa>k%wa, the Great Feather Dance, is done as a thanksgiving. Following this dance, Kunukwehn#, the Old Women’sDance, and Osah#t=a Aotil<=n,@ the Bean Dance are performed.
Lastly, hat&wi, the False Face Medicine Society, and Shatsits$sha, the Cornhusk Masks Medicine Society, come in to remind the people of their day of renewing themselves.
The fifth day is set aside as a renewal for these and other medicine societies.
The Winter Solstice marks the beginning of Winter, and is the time when the Sun is reborn: the days begin to grow longer. By Mid-Winter, the days continue to grow longer, and yet in Chicago, the days seem to grow colder! With record breaking low temperatures at the Winter Solstice 2022, -7 degrees in the Sunlight, it is hard to imagine it getting colder than this….Springtime feels so far away, so we light candles, shoot off fireworks, or observe groundhogs to remind us that Spring is just around the corner. “This is a time of renewing our responsibilities for the coming year.” (Oneida, Iroquois) Of course, if you are in Southern Hemisphere, it is a sign that Summer is halfway over and you better have lots of fun before the leaves begin to fall…
The Original Music of Arit Tchiya Amet presents wisdom teachings of the Indigenous People of the 4 Directions. Many songs contain Celestial Wisdom of cultures from around the World. It is the intention of the artist that the People of the 4 Directions will come together and share the traditions and teachings of each direction. According to Hopi Prophecy, now is the time for us to Unite. Now is the time to break free from the shackles of mental and spiritual slavery, placed on us by colonialism, western imperialism, caucasity and manifest destiny.
You can make a donation via CashApp or credit card….
If you are looking for something to warm your Soul, some great music for dancing, look no further than the Katalyst 13257 S. Baltimore! Sunday January 29th from 7-9pm. We are looking forward to adding a guest chef for these events. If you would like to drop by early, you will be able to experience musical sound healing from Kahari Lemuel and his celestial compositions of cosmic love.
The more that you move with the Spiral Dance medicine Wheel, you will see that the majority of Western Holidays coincide with Natural Holy days. During the time of the Nicene Council, 325 AD, the inventors of Christianity forced many Indigenous Nations of the North to adopt Christianity or be killed. They told them that they could still practice their own traditions, but had to insert elements of Christianity. This is the way that they were able to become a global religion, with force, violence, war and by “adopting” elements of indigenous peoples, then erasing their culture or making it illegal to practice their own traditions. First, they converted the tribes of Europe, then headed to Africa. As the result of this meeting, eventually all Kemetic (Ancient African Egyptian Temples) were closed, then occupied by Christians. The Temple of Aset in Philae, Aswan was the last temple to be closed in 550 AD, then was used as a Church, a mosque, and now it is used for tourism. Currently, it is still illegal to practice inside of the Temples in Egypt. If you are caught mediating, praying or singing, you could face trouble from the government…
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2-4pm Arit Tchiya Amet & Band with Original Reggae, Live and Livestream!
4-7pm with DJ Microphone Bill spinning Classic Reggae Hits!
One of the great benefits of attending these events goes beyond the Music: it is meeting the people, forming a community of conscious like-minded people. We would love to see you there….
If you are going to join the livestream, you can make your donation either through CashApp
or here:
The Katalyst
13257 South Baltimore Chicago, IL 773-406-4899
We are very excited to be playing at this venue. This could be our new musical home…
Were you Aware of Chicagohenge? It is like Stonehenge, except that the alignment takes place in Chicago!
from timeout.com/chicago
Big arterial streets in the Loop (like Madison, Kinzie, Randolph or Lake Streets) usually offer picturesque set-ups. Try not to fret if you miss this one, though—there’s always next time!
Half-natural, half- man-made, Chicagohenge refers to the phenomenon that occurs twice a year during the spring and fall equinoxes (the official start of each respective season), when the sun rises and sets directly east and west. Because Chicago’s streets are aligned on a north-south grid system, that allows for gorgeous views of the sun hanging low between the buildings on the city’s east-west streets—especially in the Loop, where towering skyscrapers offer the perfect frame for sunrise and sunset. You can typically view Chicagohenge for a few days after the equinox, too.
LIVE AND LIVESTREAM!
LIVE at The Katalyst 13257 S. Baltimore Ave on Chicago’s Southside in Hegewisch
or, you can watch the concert right here on YouTube or tiktok: Livestream or the Replay
This Event Is BY DONATION.
You can donate at the door,
You can send your donation via CashApp,
you can send via
paypal.me/tchiyaamet
or with this link
Putting on events that coincide with the Spiral Dance, the 8 points around the Wheel of Life, brings me joy, alignment, breakthroughs. MUSIC! I love it! I have been doing Medicine Wheel Circles at these points for many years now. Excited to add a trip downtown for #Chicagohenge, for another great Equinox experience. Perhaps I will see you there! I will probably choose Lake Street, then head Straight to the Lake!
@tchiyaamet #fall #equinox #reggaemusic #experience #tchiyaamet #arit #chicagohenge #livestreaming #liveconcert
♬ Equinox – Tchiya Amet#katalyst #livemusic #chicagotiktok @6figga_dilla cone to our show!
Then just a few days later, we will meet up at the KATALYST for a Night of Original Reggae.
13257 S. Baltimore and bring in the Autumnal Equinox with Music.
One Love
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African Festival of the Arts
http://www.aihusa.org/african-fesitval-of-the-arts/
Open Date:
Fri, Sep 02, 2022
Close Date:
Mon, Sep 05, 2022
Add this event to your itinerary.
Description:
Since 1989. This event is the flagship of the Africa International House. This 4 day event has stayed perfectly true to its mission: to promote, preserve and propagate African American culture. The AFA is a series of festivals within a festival built around African culture: art, music, dance, history and current interests and pursuits. Stimulation is the operative word used to describe the African Festival of the Arts (AFA). The visitor’s first rush of sights, sounds and sweet and savory smells are almost overwhelming. The senses can barely take it all in. The event site spans more than twelve acres and each one of them is jam packed with cultural entertainment, education, shopping, food, drink and fun including: • A Fine Arts Pavilion where more than $1M in art sales are exchanged. • An African Market. • A Drum Village. • Three entertainment stages. • National music headliners. • Sponsorable pavilions that focus on African Heritage, literature, automotive, family and children, technology, spirituality, business/finance, green/energy, wellness/fitness, dance, education, film, fashion and others. • An international food court.
Location:
Washington Park
Lake Shore Drive and Hayes Blvd
2022 TICKETS
ADULT – 1 DAY
$30 IN ADVANCE | $40 DAY OF EVENT
CHILDREN (UNDER 13 YRS OLD) – 1 DAY
$10
FAMILY – 1 DAY
$75 (UP TO 4 CHILDREN & 2 ADULTS)
VIP – 1 DAY
$150 (VIP PASS & BACKSTAGE HOSPITALITY)
VIP GOLD – 1 DAY
$250 (FRONT, BACKSTAGE, BEER & WINE)
VIP GOLD – 1 DAY COUPLE PASS
$375 (FRONT, BACKSTAGE, BEER & WINE)
Sirius Rising Reggae Music Experience is moving on up to a MINI FESTIVAL.
A collaboration with LAX Energy Worx in Hazel Crest, just south of Chicago.
Summer is the BEST at Light Being Wellness & we are grateful to present the next event in this concert series. The goal of this concert series is to present music in alignment with the celestial events along the Spiral Dance Medicine Wheel. That is 8 concerts per year. We missed the Summer Solstice. This has been the goal since the first cd release in 2000. Look how long it has taken for this to become a reality…
Anyhoo, we really enjoyed playing at the Joplin Marley Studio, and perhaps we will play there again sometime. In the meantime, we are headed over to LAX Energy Worx for the Mid-Summer SIRIUS RISING Reggae Music Experience. We open the set with Kemetic Dub music: dub music with spontaneous and live improv Kemetic Chants. The concerts are live and live-streamed. In fact, you can still watch the previous livestreams for a small donation. This event will feature songs about the Milky Way and the star Sirius, which begins to rise with the Kemetic new year, July 21 and lasts until August 12 or so. For more information on Sirius, visit https://lightbeingwellness.com/the-sirius-star-system/
https://lightbeingwellness.com/sirius-rising-and-the-dog-days-of-summer/
At this event, there will also be delicious vegan food catered by Chef Whit. So, you have three options: LiveStream: $11 suggested donation (Name Your Price)
Music will start around 6pm…
The Event starts at 5pm:
LIVE & DIRECT: $11 suggested donation. (Name Your Price)
Live Music and Vegan Food: $40.
We are looking forward to seeing you there for this year’s SIRIUS RISING Reggae Music experience in collaboration with Vegan Eat & Greet & Music Festival at LAX Energy Worx, Live and LiveStream! One Love!
MAY 17, 2022 UPDATE!
This event is Rain for Shine! either Inside the Studio at 9911 S. Walden Pkwy in Beverly, OR, if it is Sunshiney and Warm, we will be Outside at the Yard at Tranquility Salon 9908 S. Walden Pkwy in Beverly!
RAIN OR SHINE, WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME! Bring chairs, bring refreshments, bring good vibez….
Sprinquinox was indeed a success. Now it is time to celebrate the Middle of Spring, with MID SPRING REGGAE MUSIC EXPERIENCE. We are gonna keep flowing with Natural Time: the next event is scheduled for MAY 17, 7-10 pm ct, Live and Live Stream. This event will be OUTDOORS, at the Lovely Stage for the Joplin Marley Studio.9908 Walden Pkwy I Beverly, Chicago.
This event will carry on the tradition of Live, LIVESTREAM & Replay.
And of course, Name Your Price!
Suggested Donation for Live Concert is $22
Livestream and Replays Suggested Price remains at $11
However, even $1 is appreciated….
RAIN OR SHINE WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME!
Mid-Spring Reggae Music Experience
Newsletter Update
It has been many moons since the days of performing live in person with a band.
Join us for this Unique Spring Equinox Reggae Music experience. March 21st 7-10pm
Suggested Donation is $11….
We are so grateful to announce that this event can be enjoyed in one of 2 ways:
at the Joplin Marley Studio 9911 S WALDEN PKWY in Beverly, in Chicago.
OR,
Suggested Donation is $11, however, you can NAME YOUR PRICE! Your Contribution will cover expenses such as venue rental, paying the band, transportation, etc. Many Thanks from:
AstMaataJi Temple of Divine Light, Healing and Sweet Sounds
Light Being Wellness Center, and of course,
Milky Way Records & Productions, where it all began….
Show will begin at 7pm with Kemetic DUB: Kemetic Chants and Guided Meditation withLIVE DUB Music.
Followed by the Original Reggae, Native Reggae, World Music of TCHIYA AMET
Many Thanks Much Love and HOTEP!
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Good Rising and Great Awakenings!
Now streaming live on YouTube, tiktok, and various other platforms such as twitter, LinkedIn, telegram, and Melanated People. Soon will be on Pinterest as well. Here is the Schedule for March 2022 plus links and highlights of past transmissions. Currently, the series is following the Neterian Calendar of Holy Days presented by TempleofAmun.com For more information on the Kemetic Wisdom teachings, visit EgyptianYoga.com
Tchiya Amet Music YouTube channel
REGGAE MUSIC REBORN IN 2022
And for the Reggae fans, I am sure you must be wondering what caused this Spiritual Direction and Intense Focus of this Music! Well it was my personal musical healing journey. To be honest, there is waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much toxic masculinity and colonialism for me to continue as exclusively a Reggae Artist. Too much religious oppression and spiritual enslavement. Too. much Caucasity involved in the Reggae Music Industry. I needed to get more in touch with Divinity, with the Divine Feminine, and not be involved in a movement that required me to remain silent.
So, after decades of exploring other Indigenous Practices and Spiritual technologies, I landed in Ancient Kemet. These are the teachings that allowed me to literally CHANGE NY MIND. To transform myself into My Higher Self.
If you notice, all of my music has been about putting teachings of the Four Directions to Music. I stayed in Kemet for 12 years so far, Moree to come.
During the Ancient African Adorations sessions, we dive deep into the teachings offered for the Holy day, then towards the end, the Song Writing Enchantress appears, and creates new music on the spot, based on the Scriptures or reflections of the Teachings. Sometimes, the teachings and writings of Sebai Maa (Dr. Muata Ashby) & Seba Dja (Dr. Karen “Dja” Ashby) are presented. Sometimes, just the personal reflections of the Chantress and Overseer of AstMaataJi Temple of Divine Light Healing and Sweet Sounds, Arit Neter S Mery Maati, aka Tchiya Amet.
This Music is a reflection of my spiritual journey, and is being shared to enhance your own journey as well.
And, now it is time for …..MORE GREAT ORIGINAL REGGAE MUSIC!!! SPRINQUINOX 2022
Due to Social Distancing, there are only 20 seats available for the Live Concert…
get your ticket soon, you can even Name Your Price!
In case you missed the launching of my very first OFFICIAL Music Video, here it is!
TWO ROADS is Kemetic ROCK!
Electronic Press Kit (EPK) at tchiya.com
“Her music is rooted in Roots Reggae, Traditional Native American, Afro Brazilian and Afro Cuban music, a blend of Indigenous and Contemporary world rhythms I call “Reggae Fusion Jazz”- says Sirron Kyles, General Manager at HousTone Records.
Tchiya is a student of several languages, “I can order dinner and get around town in many places!”-she jokes. Many different languages are featured in songs on this CD. “Often referred to as the Island’s Robert Flack because of her soft vocal style, but similarities to Sade and Esperanza Spalding, a mild Erykah Badu, Sun Ra because of Tchiya’s fondness for unique instrumental arrangements, and of course Bob Marley because of her oneness messages which are always featured in her song lyrics”- says Marc Gordon Entertainment Editor, Waiting Room, USA Magazine. (read more)
Tchiya Amet El Maat
Awakening to the beauty of her journey, Tchiya Amet, singer, songwriter & keyboard artist, shares her sweet sounds and lyrical reflections with the rhythms of reggae, world and celestial music.
Roots
Chicago, IL Born August 5th, 1961 and raised as a young girl on the South side of Chicago, Il., Tchiya’s interests were as diverse as her cultural heritage. Her rich background resembles a patchwork quilt with the golden thread of spirit connecting each facet of her life.
Affinities
Tchiya has First Nations Roots: Moor, Cherokee/Tsalagi, Creole, and Blackfoot. She is contemporary Urban Indigenous Woman, which is complemented by her core ties with mother-nature and her close affinity to the land, water, animals, cosmos and spirit. She is comfortable in the remoteness of the countryside, the depths of a lush jungle or on stage at metropolitan nightclubs soothing the hearts and souls of those within listening range. In essence, her gifts of lyricism, music and performance manifest in every fiber of her being and allows her roots to reach the now, the then and the will be… (read more)
The Music of Tchiya Amet can be experienced in a variety of ways:
Reggae Band: Original LIVE Reggae Reggae and also, Reggae Fusion Jazz
Featuring Ancient Teachings from the Four Directions, combined with contemporary rhythms.
Tchiya Amet on Keys and Vocals, Hiram Broyls on Bass, Adam Zanolini on Sax and Flute, Chris Paquette on Percussion, and Tim “Cream” Jones on Guitar.
Medicine Wheel Music: Native Reggae Band or Acoustic, Solo Performance, Indigenous Medicine Music, chants, hand drums, shakers, etc. Healing Wisdom
Celestial Folk Music, Edutainment with emphasis on the Culture and legend of the Star Nations from the 4 Directions. with slide show presentation about many Star Nations cultures, cosmology, star charts, etc.
Ancient African Adorations: Kemetic (Ancient African Egyptian) Devotional World Music, based on Teachings of Kemet, with the goal of Being Enlightened in Every Moment. Relaxing, peaceful, healing, educational, inspiring, and enlightening. Features slide show, solo (Kemetic Harp, String Instruments and various African Drums and other Instruments) and also with Band performances.
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Contact Tchiya
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For Booking Inquiries, contact Milky Way Records and Productions at 773-571-1591 or email amet13 at tchiya.com
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