(1,2,3) 'Heaven' with the Remo Drum Circle honor the Sea with a sacred dance during the  closing ceremony of the World Festival of Sacred Music at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, September 28, 2008. (4) Halau Keali'i O Nalani honor the Sea with a sacred Hawaiian dance. (5) Members of Viver Brasil honor the Sea with flowers. (6,7) Haize Rosen  and Justin Ayres, 39,  from  Viver Brasil honor the Sea  during the closing ceremony.   --  About three hundred artists  presented sacred traditions from seven lineages of world cultures. The opening procession  resounded with the festive sounds of the brass Banda Juvenil Solaga from Oaxaca and the Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums ensemble. One hundred dancers led by Keali’i Ceballos and Sissy Kaio chanted and danced on the sands in reverence of Kanaloa, the Hawaiian deity of the ocean. Swing Brazil welcomed their guests Viver Brasil, Capoeira Batuque, Seara de Caridade do Cabolo Tupinamba and the Elders of the Diaspora and lead  in celebration of Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess. Drummers and dancers from Burkina Faso led by Olivier Tarpaga and DAFRA will payed homage to the Yuroba Orisha. Playing a central role is Cindi Alvitre and Ti’at Society. The traditional canoe of the Tongva, wass paddled beyond the breakwaters, carrying the offerings to the sea and sacred blessings to the four corners of the Earth, guided by energy of the Agape Choir and the rhythms of Remo Drum Circle facilitated by Christine Stevens.