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September 17, 2006

Omega institute - ecstatic chant weekend - sept 1-4 part five

here’s jai auditioning for wah’s band (he got the job!).

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finale!
here’s the full cast (mostly), taking a bow after three days of non-stop chanting...
left to right: ty burhoe, amy ippoliti, daniel paul, wah!, deva, miten, jai uttal, shyam das, robert gass, manose (kneeling), krishna das, carioca, david (with guitar).

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see you all next year!

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Omega institute - ecstatic chant weekend - sept 1-4 part four

on the sunday evening concert, steve gorn joined us for a bansuri duet with manose, on jai radha madhav

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...and shyam das, scholar, chanter extraordinaire, dear friend...and much, much more...joined us for lokha.
here he is with deva.
it was so good to have time to meet so many precious friends...

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here’s the beautiful sharon gannon and david life, founders of the jivamukti yoga centre in nyc

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Omega institute - ecstatic chant weekend - sept 1-4 part three

krishna das speaks to the crowd!

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..bhakti’s on the path...

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one of the highlights of the festival was brasilian shaman, carioca, who showered us with some brilliant musical treats.
he even had the yogi’s chanting in portuguese...(!)

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carioca was accompanied by shay and amit from israel, on cello, silver flute, vocals and darbuka.

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hanuman watching over the gathering from the stage...

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Omega institute - ecstatic chant weekend - sept 1-4 part two

during the next two days, the 300-plus participants and musicians reached various states of ecstatic abandon!
here’s manose in full flight during our afternoon w/shop

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...and deva...
we separated the men and the women for one or two chants.
this is how it looked from the mens perspective...there must have been well over 100 women singing hallelujah to the men.
unfortunately we haven’t got a pic of the men, who were singing in gratitude to the goddess.

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Omega institute - ecstatic chant weekend - sept 1-4 part one

hi friends

we've included some great shots by ace photographer, todd shapera.
todd is a portrait, event, and wedding photographer and you can see his work at http://www.toddshapera.com

jai uttal opened the festival on friday evening, with daniel paul on tablas

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we followed...accompanied by manose, of course!

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