Pipe-Tmaqn
Sacred , (to be) - alasutmaqneyimk
"Two Types of Pipes"
There are two types of pipes. A personal pipe can be owned by anyone, and be used to pray on their own behalf. It should not, however, be shared.
Pipe Carriers, on the other hand, carry a pipe on behalf of the people.
If there is need, the Pipe Carrier will use the pipe to pray for the people, to call in the spirits for a gathering or ceremony, or perhaps for healing or teaching.
In the Mi'kmaq tradition, a Pipe Carrier is born to the task. There is no way to earn this privilege - it is something you were given before you arrived on this Earth.
Acting as a Pipe Carrier when it is not your true calling is not only disrespectful; it is dangerous, both to you and to anyone who shares your pipe.
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