Latest Past Events

Fourth Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drum Series

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 master musician from The Gambia, Salieu Suso.Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & under + IG Residents. Co-sponsor: […]

Third Annual Spirit of Aña: Women & Drum Series

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 […]

2nd Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drums

BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx

Musical performance by Alessandra Belloni & the Daughters of Cybele, plus a discussion with Mary Gardner, Yvette Ghoughassian, Norka Hernandez Nadal, and Liliana Raposo