The Tongva, indigenous people of Los Angeles, conducted a ceremony ending for the World Festival of Sacred Music-Los Angeles on Sunday October 2, 2005 on Santa Monica beach. This concluded a traditional blessing and a series of ancestral songs that are commonly used during community ceremonies. The words of the songs encourages us all to respect and acknowledge the land we occupy, the community, and our ancestors. Offerings were paddled out  in the Moomat Ahiko (canoe).