VODOU IS NATURE!
A Conversation about Vodou and the Environment
followed by a Vodou singing session
with special guests
OUNGAN DIEUDONNÉ JEAN-JACQUES and MANBO MARIE CARMEL
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and its Haitian Community Cultural Initiative, Verite sou Tanbou (formerly known as Ayiti Fasafas), invite you to “Vodou Is Nature,” an educational workshop on Haitian Vodou practice and performance in New York City. Oungan (Vodou priest)Dieudonné Jean-Jacques and Manbo (Vodou Priestess) Marie Carmel will lead a conversation discussing the roots of Haitian Vodou with respect to the environment, in its “four elements” (air, earth, fire, and water), and the Vodou spirits (lwa) which guard and represent the powerful forces and precious resources of the natural world. The conversation will be translated into English and Kreyol and will be followed by a question-and-answer session, plus a performance of traditional Vodou songs on nature themes. Audience participation is encouraged!
DATE/TIME: Sunday, Jan 19th, 6:30PM LOCATION: South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY ADMISSION: FREE. PRIOR RSVP IS REQUIRED (Kindly RSVP by January 18th to econdon@ctmd.org. Your RSVP will be confirmed via e-mail.)
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