SNOW RAVEN (OLOX) - From Nature with Love (NPR Tiny Desk contest 2022)

Urui-Aikhal! Greetings from the Sakha people of Arctic Siberia! You might have heard of the most cold (-96F) inhabitant area in the world near the North Pole called Sakha (Yakutia). This is my homeland. I was born and raised in Us-Kiuel, a small village with a population of 600 people. There I learned how to mimic the sounds of nature. At 3 years of age, I was already communicating with the animals and birds of the forest. Thanks to my grandmother who taught me the traditional songs of our ancestors, I participated and performed in many of our people’s summer solstice ceremonies, or Yhyakh. I was also honored with the rare opportunity of meeting the 12th Sky Shaman Savey of the Tungus reindeer herders’ tribe in my homeland. From this powerful Wisdom Keeper, I received the blessing of the Spirits. Ever since, I have been singing, drumming and channeling - allowing the wisdom, beauty and power of my ancestors to move, sing and dance through me whenever I perform. To rise to this epic global challenge, I hold the vision of all peoples bringing their spiritual technologies, leadership and consciousness together into a single unified heart. The Sakha wisdom of Kut-Sür embodies the infinite expanse within which human consciousness exists. For generations, indigenous people have held their ancestral spirits and traditions in sacred connection with Mother Earth. Now more than ever, Western people are experiencing an awakening of their spiritual lineages—the carriers of the sacred seed from which modern science was born. By cultivating spiritual, material and reciprocal relationships between Western and Indigenous communities, I believe we make it possible for the green path to emerge for humanity. It is through the cross-pollination of Earth Indigenousity and Innovation that we can thrive through our current existential crisis. I am here to hold space, sign, dance and invite all our ancestors through sound, music and dance! Filmed by Website: Snow Raven’s Presentation: Spotify: Apple: IG: YT: Twitter: FB: TikTok: