Prayers for Bibi Verona Iriarte's Departure to the realm of the Ancestors March 2023.

A special woman has departed to travel to the stars, her name is Verona Iriarte.

She was a special woman and a Bibi on the council of Atas ( grandmothers ) of our Caribbean Indigenous Women's circle.
 

Today her physical voice in the world of the living is now silent but her spirit has risen to greater power and she is now one with her ancestors, and now an ancestor to her people.

 
Bohio Atabei will pay tribute to her on Wednesday, March 29,2023 in an Areito of farewell

to our Bibi, and friend to many.
We will say Thank you to her for always walking alongside her people and doing all she could to give her love and show her concern for our communities. 

Now in the world of the Spirit, she walks among the stars from where she will hear us as we pay our respect to her and honor her life.


 

Bibi Verona was a silent warrior when it came to words but with courage, she quietly carried her makana into battle at the first signs of injustice and waved it like the true warrior she was.
She loved her family and was so proud of them, she would tell us stories about her grandchildren and all the joy they brought to her they embodied many of her hopes for a better world, and for them and others, she was a staunch advocate of the struggle in the defense of the cause for human rights.

She was our Bibi and supported her Taino people to the end and we know she will be looking out for us from behind the face of the sun.

We will miss her dearly and in our hearts, her teachings will live in all the beautiful memories she has left us. Jan Jan Katu 🙏🙏🙏

You are invited to share with us via a Zoom circle your memories of our Bibi as we say a final earthly farewell to her in the ways of our people.
If you wish to join us please contact our circle at 

bohioatabei@gmail.com for the zoom link.

 

 We also extend our heartfelt condolences to her family her daughter and her grandchildren. May they take comfort in knowing Bibi Verona was a beautiful human being who touched many hearts and she will always be remembered in the best of ways.