Kech Quotes

The call to love beyond our own flesh and blood is ancient. It echoes down to us on the lips of indigenous leaders, spiritual teachers, and social reformers through the centuries. Guru Nanak called us to see no stranger, Buddha to practice unending compassion, Abraham to open our tent to all, Jesus to love our neighbors, Muhammad to take in the orphan, Mirabai to love without limit... It is the ancient Sanskrit truth that we can look upon anyone or anything and say: Tat tvam asi, 'I am that.' It is the African philosophy: Ubantu, 'I am because you are.' It is the Mayan precept: In La'Kech, 'You are my other me.

Who I am is not defined by what others think of me but by what God thinks of me.

Dala en chuny ma ol, to pod temo atema. Dala tielo machwanyo marach to pod kedo. Dala rangach madong' gunda itucho mana e kor chiel. Dala sulwe malwar gi ber. Dala wat makichopo to adhola chango. Kata mbala manie chuny to pod chiwo kwe gi hera. Dala ok ich lit, ka wadu nigo, Kata ka masira ochoponi okinyi gi kiawa. Dala giko mar chakruok, dala muma mahoyowa gi hocho. Dala mos, makata inindo kech to pod itemo gi nyiero. Dala mbaka dayo mapuonjowa kit dhano gi kinde. Dala en in gi an.

Dala en chuny ma ol, to pod temo atema. Dala tielo machwanyore marach to pod kedo. Dala rangach madong' gunda itucho mana e kor chiel. Dala sulwe malwar gi ber. Dala wat makichopo to adhola chango. Kata mbala manie chuny to pod chiwo kwe gi hera. Dala ok ich lit, ka wadu nigo. Kata ka masira ochoponi okinyi gi kiawa. Dala giko mar chakruok. Dala muma mahoyowa gi hocho. Dala mos. Makata inindo kech, to pod itemo gi nyiero. Dala mbaka dayo mapuonjowa kit dhano gi kinde. Dala en: in gi an.

Dala en chuny ma ol, to pod temo atema. Dala tielo machwanyore marach to pod kedo. Dala rangach madong' gunda itucho mana e kor chiel. Dala sulwe malwar gi ber. Dala wat makichopo to adhola chango. Kata mbala manie chuny to pod chiwo kwe gi hera. Dala ok ich lit, ka wadu nigo. Kata ka masira ochoponi okinyi gi kiawa. Dala giko mar chakruok. Dala muma mahoyowa gi hocho. Dala mos. Makata inindo kech, to pod itemo gi nyiero. Dala mbaka dayo mapuonjowa kit dhano gi kinde. Dala en: in gi an.

Dala en chuny ma ol, to pod temo atema. Dala tielo machwanyo marach to pod kedo. Dala rangach madong' gunda itucho mana e kor chiel. Dala sulwe malwar gi ber. Dala wat makichopo to adhola chango. Kata mbala manie chuny to pod chiwo kwe gi hera. Dala ok ich lit, ka wadu nigo. Kata ka masira kochoponi okinyi gi kiawa. Dala giko mar chakruok. Dala muma mahoyowa gi hocho. Dala mos. Makata inindo kech, to pod itemo gi nyiero. Dala mbaka dayo mapuonjowa kit dhano gi kinde. Dala en: in gi an.

The Mari ethnologist Natalya Glukhova divided Mari deities into high ‘celestial’ gods (such as Kugu Yumo, the supreme deity, the sun god Osh Keche Yumo, and the sky god Kava Yumo) and ‘concrete’ gods who were responsible for natural phenomena, such as gods of thunder, lightning, sunrise, and so on. However, there were also gods of fire, earth, abundance, and more specific deities such as Kinde Shochyn Yumo, responsible for the rye harvest.

Dala en chuny ma ol, to pod temo atema. Dala tielo machwanyo marach to pod kedo. Dala rangach madong' gunda itucho mana e kor chiel. Dala sulwe malwar gi ber. Dala wat makichopo to adhola chango. Kata mbala manie chuny to pod chiwo kwe gi hera. Dala ok ich lit, ka wadu nigo. Kata ka masira kochoponi gokinyi gi kiawa. Dala giko mar chakruok. Dala muma mahoyowa gi hocho. Dala mos. Makata inindo kech, to pod itemo gi nyiero. Dala mbaka dayo mapuonjowa kit dhano gi kinde. Dala en: in gi an.