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[PAST EVENT] The Elegba Folklore Society presents the Talking Drum at the Lemon Project Spring Symposium
Location
School of Education, Matoaka Woods301 Monticello Ave
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Open to the public
- Registration/RSVP
![two people dancing with African inspired clothes and dances](https://events.wm.edu/images/event_uploads/setho2_2023_03_13_12_04_50.jpg)
Celebrate Heritage! Celebrate Life! With Elegba Folklore Society
No matter your age or background, the spirit and the openness of the Elegba Folklore Society will enchant you. In a way that perhaps you will expect or in a way that is totally spontaneous, your energy will blend beautifully with ours, closing the gap between performer and audience. Participants find themselves swept up in a universal cultural energy that links them with the global significance of these timeless art forms.
The Talking Drum
The drum is a legendary communications tool -- a punctuating teller of life as it happens. This lively delivery of African and African American folktales and narratives combines with dance, vocal and instrumental music to engage audiences along a rhythmic journey over continents and through time.
Photo by Yaa-Nailah Bell-Barber
Contact
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