On Nos Galan Gaeaf, we RiTuAliSe the RaVe, where ceremony meets the underground. Dance, community & connection. ️

🕯️ Samhain Ecstatic Dance :: RaVe RiTuAl :: Nos Galan GaeafWith DJ Osara 🪶

Where ceremony meets underground.

It’s time to RiTuAliSe the RaVe.

Step through the veil and into an ecstatic journey through shadow, fire, death and rebirth.

🌒 NOS GALAN GAEAFA Welsh night of thresholds, spirits & seasonal turning

Nos Galan Gaeaf is the traditional Welsh name for Halloween, the night before Calan Gaeaf, the first day of winter.

In Welsh tradition, Nos Galan Gaeaf marks a powerful seasonal threshold: the turning from autumn into winter and a time when the boundary between the worlds is traditionally understood to be especially thin.

It is a night associated with spirits, ancestors, fire, divination, remembrance and the turning of the seasons.

Across Wales, many customs and stories have gathered around this night — from communal fires and rituals of protection to tales of spirits and supernatural beings moving among the living.

Tonight, we draw inspiration from this rich Welsh tradition alongside the wider ancestral roots of Samhain, creating our own contemporary ritual through music, movement, sound and community.

Ancient roots. Future rhythms.

🕯️ STEPPING THROUGH THE VEILAs Samhain marks the turning of the wheel and the threshold between seasons, we gather to honour what has been, release what no longer serves us, celebrate the harvest, and surrender into the mystery of winter.

Through free-form dance, sound and ritual, we create space to connect with the unseen, honour our ancestors, and give the body permission to express what words cannot.

Let’s welcome Osara to Cymru for an unforgettable dance experience — a night to honour our hiraeth and our deep connection to this land.

Rooted in the ancient landscape of Wales, we come together to listen to the land, the ancestors and the stories held within our bodies.

Through rhythm, ritual and movement, we’ll create a space to honour where we come from, what connects us and what we carry forward.

A meeting of ancient roots and future rhythms.

A celebration of Cymru.

A journey through hiraeth, connection and belonging.

This is an invitation to move like you’re shedding skins.

To rave like you’re rebirthing light.

To meet your shadows.

To honour death.

To celebrate life.

This is not a party. This is a passage.

Bring your body, your breath and your willingness to dive into the primal pulse of your shadow.

🌀 WHAT IS ECSTATIC DANCE?Ecstatic Dance is a free-form movement practice offering space for embodied expression, freedom and inner exploration.

There is no choreography and no experience necessary.

You are invited to move in whatever way feels authentic to you.

Our simple guidelines help create a safe and inclusive space:

🦶 Dance barefoot - connect with the earth

🤫 Dance without talking - allowing the body to communicate

🌿 Dance sober - no alcohol or recreational drugs

📵 Leave technology behind - stay present

🤍 Respect your own boundaries and those of others

If you're new to Ecstatic Dance, or nervous about dancing sober, you are very welcome.

Our community is friendly, inclusive and non-judgemental, and every dance is co-created by the people who show up.

🔥 THE JOURNEY💀 Ecstatic Dance meets Underground Ritual

A raw, embodied dance experience where movement becomes expression, release and prayer.

⚡ DJ Osara - Live Soundwave & Sacred Beats

A deeply curated musical journey moving through electronic, ritual and bass-driven soundscapes.

And this time, we’re turning up the volume. 🔊

For this special Samhain gathering, we’ll be dancing through a full sound system - no silent-disco headphones.

After usually experiencing our Ecstatic Dances through headphones, this time we get to share the music collectively - through the room and through our bodies.

Feel the bass.

Feel the rhythm.

Feel the energy of everyone moving together.

🔥 FREE-FORM MOVEMENT

No choreography.

No steps to follow.

No judgement.

Just your body, your breath and the music.

🕯️ ANCESTRAL ALTAR & COLLECTIVE INTENTION

We’ll create a shared altar to honour those who came before us and mark what we are ready to release or transform.

You’re invited to bring a small offering for the altar:

a photo, flower, stone or personal symbol of something you wish to honour or release.

👻 COSTUMES & FACE PAINT WELCOME

Come as your shadow.

Your ancestor.

Your wild self.

Your future self.

Or simply as you are.

🎵 SACRED SOUNDSCAPE

Osara's sonic journey braids the ancient and the future - weaving drums, shakers and yoik-inspired vocals with electronic soundscapes to create transformational experiences connected to the spirit of time, community and place.

🖤 MEET DJ OSARAOsara is a DJ, embodiment facilitator and deeply intuitive space-holder with Welsh, Scottish and Sámi roots.

Raised on free parties in Wales, Osara began DJing as a teenager.

His work brings together Ecstatic Dance and diverse electronic sounds, weaving ritual

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