Through this process of hard physical labor, and much perspiration, together we touched the roots of life in the cosmos, and created a new network of life and love.
Through this network, we can convey, heart to heart, all over the world, a strong lifeline of spirit between NA-WA - You and I. We call this the ‘NAWA Network Toward Peace”.
BANZAI!

"For one day, let’s forget about all things digital, and treasure the analog way of creating art
and connecting with each other. No skills required – just bring your Heart and your Hands!"

The Event:
A single strand is weak, but with two or more, the rope becomes stronger.
In Japan, the twisted rope is called NAWA. Also NA means “YOU” and WA means “ME”.
Therefore, NAWA signifies the binding together of diverse people in a spirit of peace
and harmony. During the event, more than 100 hands will work together, twisting the
monumental NAWA rope column, and raising it at its site in the beautiful garden of the
LongHouse Reserve.

Location:
LongHouse Reserve
133 Hands Creek Rd East Hampton New York 11937 USA
TEL +1 631 329 3568
www.longhouse.org

Date:
May 31st (sat) 2014
10:00 am ~ 6:00 pm
Finale Celebration at 5:00 pm
Rain Date: June 1st (sun) 2014
Lunch & Drinks will be provided

To Participate & Track the event:
www.facebook.com/nawalink

Dr. Mariyo Yagi, Artist believes the starting point of human culture was a twisting grasses into a rope. The rope was essential for the advancement of civilization—for moving huge stones and big logs. Perhaps humans even made rope before they made fire, learning that rubbing the hands together generates heat and pray for something better. Rubbing their hands together produced twisting and twining spirally. Spinning thread, cord and rope brought about weaving, knitting, knotting, connecting and relating. One strand is weak, but with two or more, the rope becomes stronger.
In Japan, when rope is ritually used, it is called Nawa. The Nawa is the spiral structure itself, which has been documented in the micro and macro of nature from DNA to Cosmos. The planets revolve together in a galactic spiral, as do the atoms in our DNA. The same is true in our social life. Societies gain strength from the intertwining of people with diverse backgrounds, gifts and cultures, each contributing to the vitality of the greater whole. Its spiral form symbolizes interconnectedness. In ancient Japanese, na means “you” and wa means “I.” She calls “Nawa” thus signifies our own creative interaction, our oneness from diversity. Nawa is a bonding of spirits between people and people, between nature and people with spiral energy. "Nawa axis" symbolizes unity for peace.





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