Talking Stick

[Harrison Owen]

At 01:31 PM 3/1/00 +1100, you wrote:
>hello all
>
>I'm opening space tomorrow (in Australia) with a group of people involved
>in landcare (a participatory, mainly rural-based social and environmental
>movement) from the Phillipines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand,
>Vietnam, USA, New Zealand and Australia.
>
>Any ideas on what I could use as an appropriate and culturally sensitive
>talking stick? (easily obtainable too!)
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Personally I favor an evergreen bough. It is living, smells good, and is
androgeneous. In addition, when people hold it, the sap warms and sticks to
their fingers. Gives them something to remember.

Harrison
Harrison Owen
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