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The Wanaqua Labyrinth, Bronx, New York.
The Wanaqua Labyrinth was a community built creation initiated in August 2000. Children and adults from Families Reaching in Ever New Directions (F.R.I.E.N.D.S), others from the immediate community and volunteers from as far as Brooklyn and Sweden worked together regularly throughout the summer to create what one visitor called a "monumental sacred space." This Labyrinth was a temporary project to introduce labyrinths to people living in Mott Haven.
Trees that had been cut down to make way for development were recycled and used to delineate the wood chip path. The tree stumps were placed on end securely into the ground. The path of the Labyrinth wrapped around itself six times before opening to the center which provided a wonderful circular space for story telling and conversation. Flowers were planted along the edges of the path and in the labrises.
Wanaqua is a Native American word that means land's end, land's beginning a fitting name for the southern tip of the Bronx where the Labyrinth was situated.
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