Rainbow Family of Living Light Peace Prayer Gathering 2006

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It is time to bring the Rainbow Family of Living Light Peace Prayer Gatherings to the public notice. Since 1972 these events have annually drawn 20-30,000 people into the woods to pray in silence for world peace.

In fact, the Rainbow Gatherings stand upon the Constitutionally protected rights of the 1st Amendment in the Bill of Rights. In recent years, the federal government has sought to close these gatherings illegally; claiming under FEMA, the Patriot Act, and Homeland Security that these gatherings to pray for peace are a crime.

This year the government more than ever tried to stop the prayer. In spite of hundreds of tickets being issued, 35,000 people participated in the prayer circle, and defied the government's illegal regulation with civil disobedience. I believe everyone who prays for peace now is in oneness with this prayer. I invite all Rainbow Family participants to use this blog to post their videos and slideshows of pictures by submitting links here to their media.

To begin with, I am posting 11 minutes of the Prayer circle in a quick MP4 format . You can hear the silence that has gone on all morning since dawn, only the children and the wind can be heard. As it approaches noon, the "Kid's parade" enters the huge circle that has opened up, and proceeds to the center of the prayer circle. Then an "Om" followed by exuberant jubilation begins the celebration of peace on Earth.

This video is edited in chronological order with no overdubs or inserted audio or video, it is exactly replicated with no additions, merely cutting out the shaky camera movements. This event was a few miles from the parking lot, with no electricity and only the Rainbow collective community kitchens needed to feed all these folks. This has been the Rainbow way for over 35 gatherings in the last 34 years.

Rainbow Prayer Gatherings now cover the planet, but only the U.S. national Rainbow Gathering attracts such large numbers. To find out more about these gatherings check out "Welcome Home"

If you need help setting up your video to put here, you may email me at neriah@neriahlothamer.com

I suggest "blip.tv" as an archival site that can give you a link to use after you post your video there. Then you can send the link in email as well as place it here. All comments are welcome, but those with inappropriate manners and tangents will be removed. Please spread peace here and not rants and raves.

Thank you
Love in Light n peace,
Neriah

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