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Drum Circle with Ausettua AmorAmenkum at 419 Decatur St
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Free. Free and open to the publicLocation: LAT/LONG: 29.954740, -90.064698
At the National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130
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10:30 to 11:30 am Central Time
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve
present a
Drum Circle
with
Ausettua AmorAmenkum
Saturdays at 10:30 am
At the National Park Service French Quarter visitor center
419 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA
Join us for an interractive drum & dance circle as we honor those who came before us. Play drums and learn about our cultural history and the legacy of Congo Square in New Orleans.
Ausettua AmorAmenkum is a cultural educator, professor of African and Hip-Hop dance at Tulane University, Big Queen of the Washitaw Nation Black Masking Indians, Director of Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective, and co-director of the Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women Drama Club and The Graduates, a performance group of formerly incarcerated women.
This drum circle is open to all ages. No experience required.
This program is free and open to the public.
Reservation or Registration: No
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