Uluu Ot - Uniting Humanity Through a Global Sacred Fire Ceremony

Dear All,
The Aigine Research Center in Kyrgyzstan is calling for the organization of the Uluu Ot Ceremony in seven provinces of Kyrgyzstan for the day of the great holiday Nooruz, June 20 to June 21, 2009, at midnight with the goal of spiritual purification and to awaken good feeling.

The main goals in building the Uluu Ot (Sacred Fire) are:

To pray for peace, welfare, and success of people throughout the country while building the Uluu Ot.

To improve people's attitude toward fire, water, earth, mountain, and in general toward nature.

To unite the representatives of different religions and nations with the goal of purifying and awakening new life power on the eve of the new year

The ceremony of Uluu Ot is not in opposition to any religion. All people need to purify and to refresh their inner world and spiritual feelings at the beginning of a new life cycle. In the Uluu Ot, we burn old, unnecessary trash that has been left over from the past year. Uluu Ot will be built with these good intentions.

Every action originates from a thought. If people get together and pray for the same wish at the same time, it will have an impact.

Information about the Uluu Ot:

From ancient times, the Kyrgyz people considered the act of making a fire of great importance. For instance, Kyrgyz people have always asked the eldest, most-respected women to build the fire for the first time in the fireplace of a new house. This shows the strong trust that was placed in the fire. Our ancestors from ancient times built the Uluu Ot at night to pray for peace and ask God to protect them from disasters.

Kyrgyz people used to bless each other with these words, "May the fire not be put out from your house."

To the ancient Chinese, Greek, and Hindi peoples and in the Bible and Zaratus literature (to name a few) fire is considered as a sacred power and as a basis of life.

Kyrgyz Elders and spiritual practitioners put forth this blessing: "Oh, Creator, we, human beings, want to remember our common origin and spiritual mission. Creator, protect us from disasters and afflictions. Help us to live in peace and prosperity, and turn God's light upon us."