Hello October... Chant with the wind!

Hello October 15...

The leaves are turning gold, the days are becoming shorter, the twilight is now more golden and longer than ever... I welcome you and the changes you bring... I am undergoing myself a time of change and I turn the page only to dive into a new exciting chapter...

A couple of days ago I fixed my wind band (originally from tribal thunder) and went on a walk to welcome October.  A wind band  is an instrument that works like a bull-roarer a prehistoric instrument found in many cultures. It had broken and remained silent over a year so I took the first chance to climb a hill and spin it as soon as it came back to life and sound. In Britain and Ireland they were used in ceremonial thunder spell rites and it is also found in other cultures.

Héctor and I went uphill, to Guendulain, Navarra, through paths full of wild bushes and withered wildberries, into old discarded melancholic ruins.  We found some honeycombs with buzzing busy cute bees making honey that buzzed along with our musical instrument.

Above: Guendulain´s ruins (Navarre, Spain) bathed in golden light on our way. Picture by Héctor Corcín.

Above: me with my wind band already repaired, repainted and with a new rubber band. It was spun and buzzed and chanted and resonated with the wind on top of a hill against the most glorious twilight. :) It was a very spiritual experience, also some kind of soul cleansing, all bathed in golden light. :) Time for new beginnings :).

All photos and video by Héctor Corcín

And HOW DOES A WIND BAND SOUND?  So here there is a little video with a short improvisation, spinning it and chanting along, It was somehow very pre-Samhain :).   hope you like it! :)