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Rev. Robin Tekwelus Youngblood has been facilitating
ceremonies for over thirty years. She is available to officiate
weddings, vow renewals, hand-fastings, baby blessings, house
cleansings and blessings, rites of passage ceremonies. Rev.
Youngblood is of Okanagan/Cherokee lineage, and practices the
Medicine Ways of her people. She has also been hanai’d (adopted)
into the Hawaiian o’hana. As a Pipe Carrier, Rev. Youngblood is
privileged to offer both Native American and Hawaiian ceremonies
and rituals. |
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wedding ceremony might look like this: |
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| Pule (prayer
chant) to honor the Hawaiian ancestors Call in the Power of
the Seven Sacred Directions: East, South, West, North,
Above, Below & Within Prayer of Love and Words to Family and
friends |
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| Couple
exchange Hawaiian leis and their vows |
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Youngblood says a Native American prayer while couple shares
libation from the Cherokee Wedding Vase to symbolize their
union |
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| Couple
exchange rings while family and friends recite Apache
Blessing |
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| Rev.
Youngblood acknowledges the Sacred Union and chants Hawaiian
Wedding Blessing while couple kiss |
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Native American Prayer |
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Now you will feel no rain
For you will shelter each other
Now you will feel no cold
For you will warm each other
Now your will not be lonely
For you will be companions
to each other
You are two bodies
But there is only one life
before you
May your days be good
and long upon the earth! |
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