MONDAY, MAY 11.
PROGRAM # 7518 12:00 PM PT
Master Batá Drummer.
A conversation with AfroCuban drummer and Santero Felipe García Villamil, winner of NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Born in Cuba into a prominent family of singers, musicians and dancers of the Yoruba Lucumí religion or Santería, García Villamil is a master of a set of three sacred drums called batá and accomplished maker of ceremonial instruments.
Guest: Felipe García Villamil, Master Batá Drummer, Elder in the Lucumí Tradition, NEA National Heritage Fellow, Los Angeles, CA. http://arts.gov/honors/heritage
Photo: John Butorac/pinterest
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