Yoshimaru HIGA
Born on January 27, 1960. Shaman in Okinawa, Japan---called [kaminchu] in a local language. He holds sacred ceremonies and prayers trying to convey divine revelations he often receives. He has a deep faith in local prophecies of his ancestors.
[record of his recent activities]
June,2004---presented ritual prayers and songs for [Mother Earth Indigenous Hiroshima Gathering] in Hiroshima, Japan
Summer, 2004---presented ritual prayers as an organizer and a representative from Okinawa at [World Peace & Prayer Day 2004 Japan].
April, 2005---presented ritual prayers and songs for [Earth Day] at its opening ceremony at Yoyogi, Tokyo, Japan
May, 2005---presented ritual prayers and songs for [Goddess Summit] in Shimane, Japan
June, 2005---presented ritual prayers and songs for [Spiritual Festival] at Chikubushima Island , Nagahama, Shiga, Japan.
June, 2005---held [Spiritual Festival] at the Mother Ranch, Chiba, Japan.
November, 2005---participated in [Spiritual and Peace: Movement to Tie the Heart and the World] in Tokyo, Japan as a panelist.
June, 2006---held [Summer Solstice Festival] at Yomitanson Village, Okinawa, Japan.
September, 2006---presented ritual prayers and songs for [Rainbow Festival] at the Hakusan Mountain, Toyama, Japan.
December, 2007---opened [Winter Solstice Prayers] at Kunigamison Village, Okinawa, Japan.
March(Spring Equinox), 2008---on March 10, presented ritual prayers and songs at Ikeijima Island, Okinawa, Japan and also on March 20, presented ritual prayers and songs at the Mt. Fuji, Japan together with Don Alejandro Cirilo Oxlaj, the 13th Generation Quiche Mayan High Priest. On that occasion, awarded the crest of Kukulcan, the creator god of Maya.
April, 2009---participated in [The Return of the Ancestors Gathering] with his wife and presented ritual prayers.
July, 2009---participated in [Sacred Fire Ceremony Greenland] in Greenland with his wife and presented ritual prayers.
September, 2009---participated in [Igniting the Fire] at Manitoba, Canada, with his wife
May 14 to May 17,2010---participated in [the 1st International Roundtable Supporting Indigenous Knowledge] at Manitoba, Canada with his wife
Rica HIGA
Born on April 18, 1972.
[record of her recent activities]
April, 2005---participated in [Pilgrimage in Okinawa] organized and guided by Yoshimaru Higa, her present husband.
March, 2006---moved to Okinawa to live and started ritual prayers together with her husband.
June, 2006---participated in [Summer Solstice Festival] at Yomitanson Village, Okinawa, Japan with her husband and presented prayers.
September, 2006---participated in [Rainbow Festival] at the Hakusan Mountain, Toyama, Japan and presented ritual prayers and songs with her husband.
September, 2007---registerd her marrying to Yoshimaru Higa at the government office.
October, 2007---held the wedding ceremony at the Taikokumirokutaisha Shrine where Yoshimaru Higa is officially regarded as [kaminchu], namely shrine’s top shaman.
Around December, 2007---she started receiving divine revelations herself.
December, 2007---presented ritual prayers at [Winter Solstice Prayers] at Kunigamison Village, Okinawa, japan.
March(Spring Equinox), 2008---together with her husband, presented ritual prayers and songs at Ikeijima Island , Okinawa, Japan and also at Mt. Fuji, Japan. She was with Don Alejandro Cirilo Oxlaj, the 13th Generation Quiche Mayan High Priest.
April, 2009---participated in [The Return of the Ancestors Gathering] with her husband and presented ritual prayers.
July, 2009---participated in [Sacred Fire Ceremony Greenland] in Greenland with her husband and presented ritual prayers.
September, 2009---participated in [Igniting the Fire] at Manitoba, Canada, with her husband.
May 14 to May 17,2010---participated in [the 1st International Roundtable Supporting Indigenous Knowledge] at Manitoba, Canada with her husband
