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[deathlessathanasia]

“The most important goddess in the Phrygian pantheon was Matar Kubileya, the Mother of the Mountains. From the sixth century on, Greek religion knew her as Meter (the Mother), and poets called her Kybele, a personal name derived from her Phrygian title. In her homeland, her places of worship were door-shaped niches carved into rocky cliffs and hillsides. These were filled with high relief or freestanding images of the goddess, often holding a bird of prey or flanked by lions. A mistress of wild nature, Matar Kubileya was a close relative of the Bronze Age goddess who is depicted in Minoan gems standing on a mountain peak, flanked by twin lions; many variations of this goddess were worshiped throughout Anatolia. Some of the Ionians who first adopted her cult, like the Chians and Phokaians, continued the tradition of rural, rock-cut sanctuaries, but more often the motif of the goddess in the niche was transferred to the portable medium of stone votive reliefs.

The popular appeal of Meter’s cult is attested both by its rapid spread through the Greek world in the sixth century and by the abundance of votive reliefs and figurines depicting the goddess, found not only in sanctuaries, but also in domestic contexts and tombs. On the other hand, “Meter” iconography was used to depict a wide range of goddesses, so without an inscription, secure identification of artifacts can be difficult. Meter was quickly syncretized with Ge/Gaia, with Demeter, and especially with the Titaness Rhea, mother of Zeus and the other elder Olympians. Rhea’s Kretan cult, perhaps a Bronze Age survival, was focused on the birth of Zeus and was celebrated in an ecstatic dance during which the participants imitated the mythical Kouretes, youths who clashed their shields to coverthe infant’s cries. One of the centers of this cult, Mt. Ida in Krete, wasclosely associated with the Phrygian Mt. Ida, the haunt of Meter. Like Idaian Zeus and Rhea, Meter was worshiped with percussive music and ecstatic dancing, and she was accompanied by the Korybantes, youths who were analogous to the Kouretes. The characteristic instruments in her musicwere the tumpanon, a tambourine-like drum, and the flute. Herodotus (4.76) tells how the Greeks of Kyzikos celebrated Meter’s festival at night, striking tumpana and decking themselves with small images of the goddess. . . .

During the Meter cult’s period of explosive growth in the late Archaic period, she was quickly incorporated into civic worship. In Athens, the emerging democracy seems to have welcomed this popular goddess by the end of the sixth century. Meter’s cult was established in or near the bouleute¯ rion(council chamber) in the agora and Athenian council members began to sacrifice to the Mother of the Gods along with the other major civic deities. In the late fifth century, with the construction of a new bouleute¯ rion, the old one became known as the Metroön, or temple of Meter. Like the temple of the Mother in Kolophon, the Metroön was used as a state archive.

Private sponsorship of Meter was also widespread and was prompted by dreams and visions. Pindar is said to have founded a Theban shrine of Meter after he had a vision of the goddess’ statue walking, and Themistokles brought the cultto Magnesia after the goddess warned him in a dream of an assassination attempt. In the succeeding generation, however, the cult of Meter was viewed less favorably, at least by the elite men of Athens, and was associated with women, the poor, and excessive emotional displays. Attis, who later became known as the consort of Kybele, does not become a prominent figure in the cult until the fourth century. While the Phrygian priests of Matar bore the title Attes, the myth of Attis seems to be a Greek invention.”

 - Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson

[jennielaws]

It was a #sneakers kind of night @ the @cultto1 @brimzofficial #popup #rooftop #party w @miss_yokooo @b_o_k_o_m_a_r_u @kasuterajp 😏 📸 by @don_dame • • • • • #ladies #smiles #rooftopparty #cultto #brimzofficial #brimz #hats #drinks #goodtimes #goodpeople #nightlife #toronto (at Toronto, Ontario)

[harukamoriyama]

【What I see with half fake Bear】 クマもどきと見た世界 Installation size : Adjustable, Video : 1h36min (2018) 

　The great north eastern earthquake, leading to the Nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima, Japan, March 2011, was a big turning point for the Japanesesociety. This accident led to creating a so called “Dif cultto return zone” in Fukushima, which prohibited people to enter this section due to radioactive pollution.

　Assuming that the outer line of this “Difficult to returnzone” is an "invisible wall" that currently exists in Japan, the artist walks the outer line of this zone with her hand made bear, crawling on all fours, observing this place from a "Bear’s eyesight". Looking at the situation borrowing a non-human (Bear’s) perspective, the artist questions the prejudice that are made by the media and rumor, and at the same time observes her own discriminative image towards Japan.

　Here, the viewer will see a fake garden like installation which expresses the enclosed society that are overflowing with contradiction. At the center, lies the bear that walked the outer line of difficult to return zone with the artist. In the main big screen on the wall, the video of the calm walk with the bear through the zone is shown, and in the small screen scattered around the garden, the unedited wobbly video that were taken from the “bear's eyesight” by the camera attached to the bears noes are broadcasted. On the Signboards standing around the garden, uncertain words are indicated. The things set up in this garden are the remains of struggle by the artist, comforting this overwhelming situation and information, only coming to a conclusion by realizing that she is still yet stuck in this enclosed small garden with the bear.

 東北大震災、そして福島の原発事故は、日本にとって大きなターニングポイントとなった。この事故は福島の一角に帰還困難区域という人が住むことができないエリアを作り上げた。  この帰還困難区域の外線を作者は「日本に存在する透明な壁」とみなし、手作りのクマとともに四つん這いになり、この透明な壁の外線部分を歩いた。「動物（クマ）の目線」を借り、改めて自身の身体で現状を、そして自身が持つ日本に対する偏見的・懐疑的な視線を客観的に考察し、経験することを試みた。

[therealdjromeo]

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😳 THIS is what happened at the LAST party I hosted.. my homegirl @Unimerce_ djing, @ChanceTheRapper partying in the DJ Booth w/ the Legend @iDirectorX and the club, it was TURNT !! ..this Friday I'm djing at @BRASSAII for Thanks Giving Long Weekend, make sure your there if your in Toronto! 🎉😎🎉 #DJRomeo #CultTO #ItsAParty #DONT4GETtheNAME (at Fring's)

[djtilt]

Unlike anything you've seen or experienced before, THE BOX is the exclusive "Cabaret Nouveau" theatre of varieties concept anchored in New York and it will be coming to Brassaii this Wednesday. For Tickets and Luxury Bottle Service visit: noir.brassaii.com #CultTO #SetinStyle #djlife #partylife #toronto #thebox (at Brassai Lounge)

[ourconnection]

DEUS obrigado senhor, pelo culto maravilhoso de hoje pela palavra , por tudo senhor, eu te amo demais, senhor sabe a tristeza que anda em mim sei , qe tudo acontece por algo , senhor, da tua vontade que senhor não ia me dar provas" que não fosse aguentar que soubesse que não fosse enfrentar senhor hoje aque " te peço que cuide de cada amigo meu cada seguidor , cada pessoa , que tu cuide de cada um deles? tu conhece coração , dele as vontades e necessidades assim como tu conheçe as minhas senhor, eu te agradeço eu te amo!

-Cá