Rock Music Legend Justin Hayward and Amazonian Shaman Don Luiano Mutumbajoy Join Together At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum On June 20 On Behalf of Amazon Conservation Team.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 21, 2002 In an unusual collaboration for a vital cause, rock music legend Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward (born David Justin Hayward, 14 October 1946, in Swindon, Wiltshire), is an English musician, best known as a singer, guitarist and composer in the rock band, The of the Moody Blues will join Don Luciano Mutumbajoy, a leading Amazonian Shaman, and the Amazon Conservation Team Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with indigenous people of tropical America in conserving the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest as well as the culture and land of it's indigenous people. , an innovative conservation group that integrates Western science and traditional wisdom, to raise monies for and awareness of the importance of the most ancient and revered medicine men and women of the South American rainforest. This very special event, featuring a performance by Mr. Hayward, will be held on the evening of June 20th at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. . Hayward has been the driving force/lead songwriter/lead vocalist for the Moody Blues for almost 30 years, during which the group has sold a phenomenal 60 million albums. Songs like "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" are among the most popular rock songs ever recorded. He has collaborated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. It is based in the Royal Festival Hall. History Early years , and his compositions have also appeared on the soundtracks of "War of the Worlds" and the recent IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard film "Caves." Mutumbajoy, the heir of an established shamanic lineage, is among the foremost indigenous leaders of the northwest Amazon in the struggle for cultural preservation, the perpetuation of authentic shamanic medicine, and the conservation of biodiversity. Recently, he spearheaded an immense effort resulting in the recent creation of a 168,000-acre national park in the northwest Amazon to protect both rainforests and indigenous culture in one of the world's areas of greatest biological and cultural diversity. In recognition of this and other extraordinary work, he recently received one of the most prestigious awards in conservation: the Royal Order of the Golden Ark The Most Excellent Order of the Golden Ark was established by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in 1971 as an official order of the government of the Netherlands. It recognises people for major contributions to nature conservation. , presented by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Founded in 1995, the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a private non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to working in true partnership with indigenous peoples The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. to protect the biological and cultural diversity of tropical South America. ACT emphasizes measurable outcomes in its conservation endeavors: in Colombia, ACT is working with the Ingano tribe toward the creation of a 2-million acre biocultural conservation corridor, of which the aforementioned national park is an essential portion; in Brazil, ACT is co-managing one of the largest private reserves in all of South America; and in the northeast Amazon, ACT is collaborating with the Tirio Indians to map and protect 20 million acres of rainforest. Funds raised during the event, which will also feature cuisine by premier chefs in Cleveland, will be utilized toward an endowment supporting the basic sustenance of the remaining elder shamans, to build hospitals where the shamans may work side by side with western-trained physicians in an environment where both traditions are respected and knowledge and expertise is shared, and to provide essential infrastructure and supplies for the related preservation projects guided by the indigenous leaders. |
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