The Spirit of Aña

Tonight we'll celebrate a wedding night Manden tradition in which women from the bride's family form a drum circle and sing songs to welcome children into the marriage. Led by […]

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 […]