Third Annual Spirit of Aña: Women & Drum Series

Adufeiras & Batukadeiras

Mar 24, 2018 @ 7:00pm

In honor of Women’s History Month, celebrating traditional rhythms and sounds of the Adukeiras and Batukadeiras, featuring the Adufe ‐ the frame drum played by women in Portugal. The adufeirasare the symbolsof women’s roles as the
“messengers” of the ancestors. Batukuisa Cape Verdean rhythm also played by
groups of women, which carries the rhythmic subdivisions used by the adufeiras, as well asa call & response typical to African music. Led by Catarina Dos Santos and Marcy DePina.
Admission fee: $7 | $5 for studentsand IGresidents | FREEfor kids12 and under