Episode 14: Altars: Honoring Our Ancestors by Wendi Cherry published on 2018-10-30T15:31:19Z Filmmaker Barrett Holmes Pitner and Eurica Huggins-Axom (ADACI - African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute ) joined me in The Sanctuary to speak out the importance of altars in remembering our ancestors and traditions. 🙏🏽Please consider donating to Barrett's campaign to create his documentary, Altars: A Cross-Cultural Day of the Dead that aims to provide a culturally safe space for African Americans and Latinos to cope with the trauma of loss, celebrate their cultures, and strengthen their communities. 👉🏽🎬🎥http://bit.ly/HelpFilm "In the African tradition, the altar is a physical area where we venerate the ancestors and which serves as a focal point to express feelings and emotions within a sacred space." --ADACI Genre Integrative Health & Wellness Comment by Tracie Dorsey Wells Great show! It was informative and very easy to understand and follow. It demystifies the beliefs that some individuals may hold in regard to alters and their importance. It also spoke to some of the practices that many may currently do not realizing the true origin of their practices. 2018-11-01T21:18:57Z
