Oi Gente, I miss you guys alot so I figured I'd invite you to a
lecture that is being put on at my school about the Orixas of
Candomble. Hope you guys can make it....post on here or call my cell
if you have it. Hope everyone is training hard.


PS...my class has a roda on Friday nights so you are more than
welcome to stay for that, I can promise a nice long roda if you guys
are able to come!


Axe e Forte,
Corpo Fechado




UC Irvine, African American Studies Program presents

"The world of the Orisha's: The construction of
the Candomble Sacred Tradition in Brasil"

Dona Cici - Scholar in Residence with Viver
Brasil and Resident Historian and Griot at the Pierre Verger
Foundation

Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaro - Artistic Directors

Dona CiCi, Linda Yudin and Luiz Badaro guide a one-day lecture to
deepen our understanding of the Afro-Brazilian goddesses of water,
both salty and sweet. Dona Cici will impart her deep knowledge of the
sacred tales, songs, and dances of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and by
extension, the ancestral traditions of the Yoruba of West Africa from
which they derive. Viver Brasil initiates the proceedings with a
dance performance of Yemanja (salty waters) and Oxum (sweet waters)
as related by Dona Cici. The lecture will provide participants
context for the songs and dances they have been witnessing.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 4PM - 6PM
3201 Natural Sciences II

This event is free and open to the public.
For further info, please contact Jennifer Tucker
at 949-824-2376 or <mailto:jjtucker@...>jjtucker@....
For concerns regarding a disability, please
contact UCI Disabilities Service at 949-824-7494.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and
Portuguese