The rising of the Teepee!!
The Teepee, a North American 26foot 8 meter diameter huge ceremonial teepee that Benjamin gifted to TierraMitica finally arrived after many transport and customs adventures from Colombia after travelling there from Canada through the US and found its home in TierraMitica.
It is a location with spectacular views of the mountains and the valley, of Tarapoto and TierraMitica and of the Cordillera Azul, the spectacular mountain range framing Tarapoto that is a protected natural park full of wildlife.
Lying a few minutes uphill from the shamans tambo, it offers views and privacy at the same time with wild gorges and jungle near by. It will be used as an isolation tambo for dietas, accomodation for people who wish more privacy, for various events and ceremonies, as a romantic place for couples, a resting place for the Temazcal, the traditional Sweat Lodge that we will build in the bowels of Mother Earth and much more.
It has a dry toilet and a shower next to it with running drinking water from our mountain spring. We made an adobe floor for it with a built in fire pit, benches and hammocks and furnished it with beds and couches, wooden tables, a small altar and netting wardrobes.
Putting it up was a massive undertaking, we needed 20 wooden poles 10 meters length each and everybody in TierraMitica to help, so we made a party and a picnic of it!! Amin led the erection and everybody helped in various ways: Carrying adobe bricks and materials up the hill, making adobe plaster, lifting trees, sanding them and preparing them and it was great fun!!!
Lucas climbed fearlessly up the Teepe to tie and pull and fix, Sara and Mieke enthusiastically stomped on mud to make plaster, Tim, Kumoo and Loretta among others decorated the fire pit with river stone and for lunch we ate yummy sandwiches that Loretta and Sara had made for us.
It took us many hours, but we made it. Afterwards, a great party ensued to celebrate the departure of our dear friends and Argonauts of the Mythic Voyage Amin and Marion that had stayed with us for almost a month after the Mythic Voyage and opened our hearts (besides fixing everything in the place!!
The teepee was already used in a joint dieta in December by Jens, Hase and Matias and proved itself as a beautiful addition to TierraMitica life. Especially the beautiful nights with the fire pit blazing and the flutes and guitars charming the birds and the animals of the mountain were precious. It will serve many people for a long time. Thank you Benji!!!
