Ecstatic Dance Cologne | Closing Ceremony 2025

In the organizer's words:

💫 CLOSING CEREMONY 2025
Cacao Ritual | Ecstatic Dance | Concert

📅 27.12.2025 | 4 pm - 2 pm
📍Ballet Dance Academy

After a turbulent and exciting year 2025, we invite you to join us: Together with our Tribe, consciously let go, honor the fullness of the year and dance freely into the new year. A ceremonial evening of gratitude, ecstatic dance and healing chants. Let us nourish each other on all levels.

🌿 4:30 PM | CACAO & DESPACHO RITUAL

Elisa guides us through a powerful combination of cacao ceremony and despacho ritual. With raw cacao we open our hearts and reflect on the year 2025 - what has shaped, moved and transformed you.

In the Despacho ritual, an ancient gratitude tradition from the Andes, we come together to give thanks to the year. Each person brings a natural object - a stone, leaf, feather, seed or whatever calls to you - and places it in our collective center with an intention of gratitude.

Together we create a living mandala of appreciation. At the end of the evening, we will bury all the gifts in a large pot and plant an apple tree on top - as a symbol of what may grow from this year. New life will grow from your gratitude.

🥗 6 PM | POTLUCK BUFFET

We nourish ourselves together - not only through dance and song, but also with lovingly prepared delicacies. Bring your favorite dish, colorful salads or healthy snacks and share them with the community. Eating together connects us and strengthens us for the evening's dancing journey.

💃 7 PM | ECSTATIC DANCE

Dance freely - without choreography, without judgment, without right or wrong. DJ Bombye takes you on a musical journey from soft sounds to powerful beats. Whether it's letting go, recharging your batteries or pure joie de vivre - your body knows what it needs. Let the music flow through you and let the year dance out of your system.

🎵 9 PM | SOUNDHEALING & MEDICINE MUSIC

After the ecstatic movement, a sing-along concert by Yopi, Lotta & Milan awaits you. Immerse yourself in relaxing sounds that will calm your body and mind. Sing along or simply receive - both nourish the soul and help you to reflect on the year.

🕯️23 O'CLOCK | CLOSING RITUAL & TREE PLANTING

We close the evening together with a powerful ritual: the Despacho mandala is placed in the earth, we plant a tree on it together and release the year 2025 into the healing power of nature.

🔸TIMELINE:

16:00 | Arrival & Warm Hugs
16:30 | Cacao & Despacho Ceremony with Elisa
18:00 | Potluck Buffet - Nourishing together
18:30 | Ecstatic Dance with DJ Bombye
20:30 | Soundhealing & Medicine Music with Yopi, Lotta & Milan
22:00 | Closing ritual & tree planting

🔸GUIDELINES:

🦶 Dance barefoot for better grounding
🚫 Alcohol- and drug-free
🤫 No verbal communication during the dance
📱 Cell phones remain silent and packed away
🤗 Respectful, mindful interaction with each other

🔸PLEASE BRING ALONG:

✨ Blanket for relaxation phases
💧 Drinking bottle (can be refilled on site)
🍃 Natural object for the Despacho ceremony (stone, leaf, feather, seed, etc.)
🥗 Potluck contribution - colorful salads, healthy snacks or your favorite dish

🔸TICKETS:

Limited to 100 seats
> 20x Early Bird - 45€
> 25x Regular - 50€
> 30x Supporter - 55-65€
> 25x Reservations - 55€

👉 Tickets & Info: www.ecstaticdance.cologne

Whether you are attending for the first time or already have experience - everyone is welcome. Come as you are and let yourself be carried by the music, the rituals and the energy of our tribe.

See you on the dancefloor!
Your Ecstatic Dance Cologne Team
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