SMOKING CEREMONIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY & CLEANSING

Each area has ceremonies significant to the Country you are on.

Lionel’s Smoking Ceremonies use three plants that are used in ritual on Bunurong/Boonwurrung County.

Properties of these plants protect guests both physically and spiritually.

A smoking ceremony protects both physically and spiritually, covering many things, including shifting bad energy, marking births, deaths, welcomes by traditional owners clans Country, Acknowledgement, celebration and healing.

A Welcome to Country (WTC) can only be done by someone who is a Traditional Owner (T.O) of Country
(unless special permission is granted by the T.O’s)
eg Bunurong/Boonwurung.

For a WTC please contact your local land council to direct to T.O. For Bunurong/Boonwurung Country contact the Bunurong Land Council www.bunuronglc.org

A Welcome is an obligation to protect your guests both physically and spiritually. An Acknowledgement is an obligation to protect the people’s land and water you are on.