THE RED CURTAIN
19 February 2021 at 20:45 - 23:00
ONLINE MEETING ON ZOOM
RED TENT: The Rites of Initiation of Passage in women's lives
It is said that women of some indigenous cultures once gathered in red tents during the menstrual cycle to rest, cuddle each other, regenerate. Only women were allowed access and here they supported each other, as sisters. This tradition whose origins sink in the night of time today relives all over the world, to nourish a renewed need for sisterhood and female complicity.
This meeting of the Women's House is dedicated to the teaching of the RedTent: to help women to go proud of their cyclicality,their feminine nature, the menstruation themselves, which, as we know, are often a source of shame. Suffice it to say that until not so long ago, in societies of a patriarchal nature, menstruated women, as impure, during the cycle were forced to isolate themselves in order to avoid contaminating the food and the surrounding people. And if you didn't get that far, the treatment given to them was still disrespect.
In antiquity, coinciding with the new moon,all the women of the tribe gathered in the red tent.
Some of them, those of childbearing age, retired there to menstruate all together (at the time menstrual cycles coincided with the fact of living together and were harmonized with the lunar one), resting, dreaming. The older ones, on the other hand, now in another vital stage, took care to watch over them to ensure peace of mind and respect for the sacreddays, when women were free from family and community burdens.
All the rites of passage of women took place in this sacred space,whose color recalled that of blood, symbol of the life/death cycle.
It was a large ruby-colored tent, planted among the other tents that made up the camp, and men were forbidden to access it. It was a place of female devotion,a uterus in which all women found refuge and support, a laboratory of wisdom where the mysteries of the female body were deepened.
In contemporary red tents, women gather to share opinions on important issues such as menstruation, motherhood, accompaniment to the first blood and menopause, certain of finding understanding and support.
In this special meeting LA TENDA ROSSA we will dance as well as listen to and welcome us; we will dance the Rites of Initiation of Passage of women: menarch, motherhood, menopause.
Come and re-find the deep nature of your feminine being and dance it together in the Circle of Women!
Cost of the evening 20.00 euros.
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