Join us September 9th for the LA Global Music Festival, a celebration of sacred music and traditions from around the world.

As part of this event we are offering three workshops where you can take part in  song, dance and ritual blessings of Inuit, Aztec, and Indian culture!

More information below.

Festival Workshops

 3:00-6:30PM

PAMYUA: Yup'ik Sacred Dance Workshop

The festival workshops begin with an interactive experience that teaches Yup'ik drum-dance songs and choreography presented by Pamyua members Phillip Blanchett, Stephen “Qacung” Blanchett and Aassanaaq “Ossie” Kairaiuak. This workshop explains ancestral, environmental and spiritual motivations common in the Central Yup'ik (Indigenous Alaskan Natives) tradition from Southwestern Alaska. An overview of Inuit cultures from the circumpolar North shows a relationship between indigenous peoples from Eastern Siberia, Alaska, Canada to Greenland. Students will be introduced to the Yup'ik language through the music and see a glimpse of performance & ceremony through the dance.

Eres Medicina:  Toltec Ritual, Nahuatl Song

Eres Medicina band members Enrique Marin, Rosalina Rosales, Nicki Wong and Tia-Marie Ravi Jaspreet Brown, will share sound, music, and oral traditional teachings corresponding and aligned to the immediate world around us. The teachings shared will be both Western and Eastern founded in Mexikah, Aztec - Toltec philosophy and universal ancestral wisdom. This will include a four-direction ritual calling and sound meditation. Participants will engage in a sing-along of Nahuatl songs and be part of a drum and tobacco ritual, including a smudging offering for people. This workshop will invite the community to connect with themselves, their ancestors, and the world through the art of storytelling.

Learn Indian Raga with Kamini Natarajan

A traditional Raga singing workshop led by Kamini Natarajan and supported by her daughter Shivali Chandrashekar and Tabla Player Saheb Singh. Ragas are a melodic framework for composition and improvisation in Indian Classical Music. Participants will learn the basics of Indian Classical Music as well as learn a number of Ragas. This workshop is for all ages and no previous singing or music reading experience is required!

Take part in all three workshops for only $20!

Grab your Festival Workshop tickets at the link below.