IN HONOR OF THE SACRED FEMININE
Mauna Kea Activists: Pua Case and Hawane Rios
Amber Lily and Friends live from MAnaFest 2020
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Excerpt: Puna Rising article March 2024
MANAFEST 2024
TOGETHER WE RISE
By Raydiance Joy Grace
The vibration of the empowered Feminine was palpable wherever you went at MAnaFest 2024 at Kalani. One could feel the embodiment of how a world having womb power would function in the present time.
As the author of this article, I have chosen to focus on the women who produced MAnaFest and the “wisdom keepers” to express my gratitude and support to honor the “Sacred Feminine” versus reviewing the musicians in performance.
In 2015, Le’a Colter, psychotherapist, and Zenne Seradwyn, videographer, and author birthed the vision of an empowered woman’s festival while frolicking at secret beach in Puna with other creative goddesses. Hope Medford hopped on board with the mutual purpose of co-founding MAnaFest with co-producers Le’a and Zenne, which was actualized for 4 years at Hawaiian Sanctuary.
In 2020, the event moved to Kalani, interrupted by COVID until re-emerging in 2024. This special return of MAnaFest featured 25 musical acts, with both national & international performers, and 5 Hawaiian musicians. The festival included indigenous leaders both Hawaiian and native Americans, 15 various workshops, a keiki zone, and an ongoing participatory tea ceremony and a Red Tent. The large turnout of participants demonstrated how much everyone wanted to come back together to celebrate the sacred feminine!
Sisters of One Drum in foreground with audience participation at MAnaFest
In the tradition of native American drumming,the sisters of the One Drum are inter-tribal women who gather around the ceremonial drum for the sole purpose of healing. Their prayers honor our earth mother, grandfather, and grandmother and the ancestors of their ancient ways. Their drumming bridges the gap between cultures through the medium of the drum, which represents the universal heartbeat of us all. “We are all one”! The group is available to travel and to pray for your worthy cause. Contact at Instagram: sistersoftheonedrum.
MAnaFest Vision Statement:
We are celebrating Abundance, Creativity, and Empowerment by producing events that include all people, unified to Honor the Sacred Feminine through Music, Educational Workshops, Crafts, Movement, Healing Arts
We come together on this `Ãina as one family, at the feet of sacred Mauna Kea, in the lap of Goddess Pele.
In 2015, Le’a Colter, psychotherapist, and Zenne Seradwyn, videographer, and author birthed the vision of an empowered woman’s festival while frolicking at secret beach in Puna with other creative goddesses. Hope Medford hopped on board with the mutual purpose of co-founding MAnaFest with co-producers Le’a and Zenne, which was actualized for 4 years at Hawaiian Sanctuary.
