Circle/Shape Four: Oshún
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This circle honors Oshún. Oshún is the goddess of love and abundance. She will heal hurt with love and she plant seeds of change in people =Aphrodite = Our lady of Caridad, patron of salt and copper miners, and enslaved people = Archangel Chamuel; brings peace to the world by protecting the world from fear and lowers negative energies. Gives us the strength and courage to face adversity.
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In Circle Four: (Oshun/Caridad del Cobre (A virgin)/Archangel Chamuel)
We hear the sounds of children, laughter, joy. A kind of tinkling brightness that foreshadows positive change. Joyous and mischievous.
Displayed on the Tarot card: The Lovers Recorded Sound: Just joyous music. Children playing games. SAINT SPEAKS ALOUD: Recorded Line: If you’d just loved me from the start, I’d have crawled into the attic of your heart and we would never ever part. First spoken and then like a poem; play with the words; and then sung in fragments (singing to self)
ANGELS WHISPER: Printed on a protest sign: “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”-Anne Frank-
CHAMACA, a teenage girl who would rather laugh than anything chases the ANGEL, until SHE/THEY can throw white confetti over her. ANGEL then make snow angels from the white paper. Perhaps there are snow angels being made in other circles? Paper sprinkled over the heads of some friendly looking audience members? SHE is dressed in yellow/gold with hints of confetti too. Maybe there are pieces of her costume that can be torn off and spread like confetti? Her wings should be short and sassy. She is a young Caridad del Cobre. Maybe there are boats on her feet. ANGELS put on gloves and sprinkle snowflakes on CHAMACA
CHAMACA(s): (live, one or three voices) 1: I won’t ever die. Do you know why? 2: Babies come to when we pass through. 3: The veil is thin between this life and the next.
ALL ACTORS: (All the actors chant the following lines in a staggered round) BEN 1: I want to believe again.
ALL ACTORS: I want to believe ALL ACTORS: I want to believe for you— ALL ACTORS: Change can happen.
CHAMACA SPEAKS: picks up protest sign and speaks text: “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”-Anne Frank-
Sets down protest sign with ceremony
END OF LOOP – ANGELS GUIDE AUDIENCE TO NEXT CIRCLE; SAINT CONTINUES TO LOOP MOVEMENT WITH TEXT AS NEEDED
