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Throughout the small windbreak fields, the melon plants are thriving. Their vines spread through the ground. The sweet smell of melon flowers fills the air. Amongst the blossoms are many species and colors of butterflies. They flutter from blossom to blossom sucking up the sweet nectar of melon flowers. They gracefully chase each other, fluttering their wings and calling on the rains to arrive and nourish the plants, land and all life. From the many directions the Cloud Man Chiefs will arrive with an unlimited amount of rain. The fields become wet, flowers bloom, and the land becomes green. People are joyful. With a new heartbeat they sing gracefully in appreciation for the rain. Life is renewed.
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Golden rays are seen by many eyes. They are beautiful and special. Oh, how glorious the scene of the morning sunlight throughout the fields of Corn Maidens. Their tassels gleaming with beauty, standing tall and elegantly, swaying in the breeze to the songs of nature. The goldfinches flutter gracefully amongst the tassels and Corn Maidens. Hummingbird Girls sing their songs and zoom from tassel to tassel. The goldfinches fill the corn tassels with precious golden energy from their feathers. Hummingbirds add sweetness to the young maturing ears of corn as they fly in circles, wings fluttering rapidly, speaking to the Corn Maidens. Grow majestically. Your tassels are gleaming with the light from Father Sun, beginning a new life for the yellow corn pollen.
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The yellow cloud leaders are rising from the north over Hon Muru (Bear Ridge) and Hon 'Tsomo (Bear Hill). Up to the heavens they rise, forming huge cumulus clouds. They return to the earth with their rain droplets. After the rain, the entire landscape shimmers like a massive lake. The people are joyful. They sing in gratitude for the blessings received from the Cloud People. Thank you, thank you. Voices echo off the canyon walls. Life is rejuvenated.
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Swaths of rain drizzling circular water droplets, swirling very rapidly and swiftly. The Thunder Gods send their booming voices at the height of the rainstorm. We pray with one complete heart that the swirling rain continues blessing all life on the land. Within the swirling rain, life continues. The earth rumbles into distant horizons.
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New life is coming from all directions: north, west, south, east, above and below. From deep within the ocean is the source of all life. The songs of sea creatures create the currents. The currents become the Cloud People. The Cloud People rise and float gracefully up into the heavens. Lightning bolts light up the sky. Thunder roars and echoes in the distance. Droplets of life fall upon the world, nourishing the land and the people.
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Rain, rain, showers of rain are coming down. The cumulous clouds are forming in all the directions, moving toward the center of the Universe. Rain, rain, showers of rain are coming down. Sustaining life for all that is here upon the land. Life will be renewed from the moisture that has blessed the Earth and all humankind. Rain, rain, showers of rain are coming down.
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After years of advocacy to protect Bear's Ears National Monument, Hopi singer and former Vice Chairman of the Hopi Tribe Clark Tenakhongva releases Hon Muru (Bear's Ears) in honor of this sacred landscape. Original songs sung in the Hopi language resonate in harmony with the Earth, and are supported by leena (Hopi long flute) -- the oldest known wind instrument in North America, played by Gary Stroutsos. Matt Moon Nelson provides percussion on clay pots, water gourds, didjeridoo and other organic materials.
