Richland Library Southeast
DIA: A Celebration of Diversity
Saturday, April 29, 2023 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Columbia Capoeira Angola Society's Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art disguised as a dance and performed to musical instruments, clapping, and traditional Brazilian songs. The dancers perform athletic and gymnastic moves such as aerial somersaults, low crouching, and spins.
It is generally thought that enslaved people from Portuguese colonies in West Africa brought it to Brazil in the 1600s. Enslaved people disguised their movements as a kind of athletic dance when the masters were watching, becoming more warlike when they were not. Because Brazil's colonial rulers saw it as a threat, the government made capoeira a crime in the 1800s. It remained a crime until around 1940. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndDvHVMupo8
Bomba! Before there were styles like salsa and reggaetón, there was Bomba. Brought to Puerto Rico by enslaved ancestors hundreds of years ago, most of the Island’s cultural expressions evolve from it. The music can be an upbeat holandé, which is played and danced with great enthusiasm or a yubá, which is more somber and spiritual. It was the enslaved Africans’ method of expressing themselves and, it echoes across the Caribbean. Join Taino Dance Company for the beat and expression of Puerto Rico. Taino Dance Company is a 501c3 non profit organization. We inspire and promote cultural dance arts, education, cultural awareness, health and well being, diversity, sense of community and unity. https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/article/bomba-is-essential-expression-puerto-rican-culture
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African Drumming with Nanu'umayma. The first instrument I learned to play was a recorder at 8yrs old. The first music artist I ever fell in love with was Toni Braxton at 10 yrs old. My very 1st solo was on violin at 10yrs old. The very 1st song I ever wrote was a Rap song at 12yrs old. I rapped with an all-girls group named Soljahs Pride. My rap name was Icy. I began performing vocal solos at church and school at 13yrs old. I fell in love with poetry and literature during an English class my senior year of high school. The first instrument I fell in love with was the electric guitar my freshman year in college. I started painting and creating spiritual amulets, symbols, jewelry and art pieces as a young adult. I write my own songs, play various instruments, produce and compose my own music, and I wobble around a little bit (which you MAY call dancing)(Intuitive Dance). I am an artist.
We salute the Hungarian, African, Indian, and Taiwanese cultures and traditions. See the beauty of Chile, Ecuador and Panama. Enjoy the food of Spain.
Hear International Storytelling...Make International Crafts...Get a HENNA tattoo and so much more!
Join us for our annual celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día. A morning celebrating the art of movement; with families, literacy, entertainment, food, arts-n-crafts, face painting, family games, HENNA and more. We salute the Hungarian, African, Indian, and Taiwanese cultures and traditions. See the beauty of Chile, Ecuador and Panama. Enjoy the food of Spain.
Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures. The common goals of all Día programming are to:
- Celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books, stories and libraries.
- Nurture cognitive and literacy development in ways that honor and embrace a child’s home language and culture.
- Introduce families to community resources that provide opportunities for learning through multiple literacies.
- Recognize and respect culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities (ala).
For your safety and ours, please stay home if you have COVID-19, if you have symptoms of COVID-19, if you are waiting for COVID-19 test results, or may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.