In May 2019 Kuuyux is visiting Israel once more
In May 2018 Kuuyux, a native Unangan (Aleut) messenger called Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff came from Alaska to Israel for the first time. It was after Yael (- myself) a translator-volunteer for TED, saw a video of his, and decided to translate it into Hebrew. contacted the man to get his permission + accuracies, and from then on the two have been working together, deepening into the Unangan teachings and into their relationship, while transcribing and translating more videos that you can watch here, on this TEDx talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6cmKeRV3Z0
and these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMkKrq_cruU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCIIRCnW-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoP1rwz2YIE
The videos were spreading out in social media, and there quite a buzz around them in Israel, because Yael told him she feels he should consider coming to Israel. After two years of delicate persuasions, he finally agreed, and arrived in Israel on May 2018.
Kuuyux held several ceremonies and gatherings in the Sea of Salt (A.K.A Dead Sea), Jordan River, and the Sea of Galilee; where hundreds of people came.
During his stay he was contacted and interviewed by Ayelet Shani from “Ha-Aretz” newspaper,
After Kuuyux left the article about him in “HaAretz” newspaper was published in ,
and had a great impact.
His words rippled in many hearts, one of which is Shlomo Baraba who speaks of him to Dov Elbaum, here:
and it rippled in many hearts, one of which is Shlomo Baraba who speaks of him to Dov Elbaum, here:
All this while Kuuyux and Yael are continuously working together,