Safe Havens Freedom Talks (SH|FT) presents Indigenous Languages: Memory, Poetry, and Music livestreaming on the worldwide, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV community at howlround.television on Tuesday 30 May at 8 a.m. CST (Mexico City, UTC -5) / 10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 3 p.m. BST (London, UTC +1) / 16:00 CEST (Stockholm, UTC +2).
Safe Havens Freedom Talks (SH|FT) is delighted to current a mesmerizing efficiency titled Indigenous Languages: Memory, Poetry, and Music from final 12 months’s Safe Havens Conference in Mexico City. Acclaimed writers Angélica Altúzar Constantino and Enrique Pérez López are accompanied by proficient musicians Cicerón Aguilar and Ernesto Aguilar. This occasion will showcase the richness of Indigenous cultures and inventive expressions.
The energy of language, reminiscence, and creativity are intertwined on this efficiency. Reading of poetry written in Zoque, Tzotzil, and Spanish accompanied by music composed and organized by musicians from the Chiapanec tradition, an extinct language however one which continues to present itself culturally in rituals and festive practices. This occasion was curated by PEN Chiapas Plurinational.
About the Participants
Angélica Altúzar Constantino (she) is from Chiapas, holds a level in Hispanic American literature and a grasp’s diploma in twentieth-century Mexican literature. She is a author and a literary researcher. She can be an essayist and promoter of studying. She is a co-author of the PEN-VIDA-UNESCO Count—participation of ladies writers in Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua—entitled Mujeres en poder de la palabra (Women Seizing the Word). She is the vice-president of PEN Chiapas Plurinational.
Enrique Pérez López (he) is initially from Chenalhó, Chiapas, Mexico. He speaks and writes Tsotsil. He is president of PEN Chiapas Plurinational. He is a cultural promoter and writer of a number of books and articles on Indigenous languages and cultures. He can be an knowledgeable in intangible cultural heritage. Currently, he’s the director of University Extension of the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas.
Cicerón Aguilar (he) is a musician, composer, visible communicator, and cultural supervisor. He has produced seven compositions. He has composed music for theatre and documentary movies. He coordinated the gathering 100 años de la música en Chiapas (100 Years of Music in Chiapas) in celebration of the bicentenary of Mexico and Chiapas. His newest composition challenge is “La casa de los pájaros” (“The House of the Birds”), which is constructed from the attitude of the tradition of the sugarcane growers of Chiapas. He has collaborated in a number of magazines on the music of the native peoples of Chiapas. He is a member of the ethnomusicology community NAPINIACA and founding father of PEN Chiapas Plurinational.
Ernesto Aguilar (he) was born on 22 April 1992 in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas. He is thirty years previous. He has performed guitar and piano since he was twelve. At fifteen he discovered to document music, and from then on he has devoted himself to music manufacturing for artists from his state and different components of Mexico.
About Freedom Talks
The Freedom Talks sequence is concentrated on points concerning threats in direction of inventive freedom, free press, and intangible heritage. It is carefully linked to the annual world Safe Havens convention. Guests within the Freedom Talks sequence are extremely educated and prolific actors within the world arts rights justice sector, combating for inventive freedom. The Freedom Talks goal to share area and broaden the narrative of who can take heart stage by lending the model to totally different organizations inside the sector. The talks are offered in—or translated to—English. The talks could be watched by our web site and our companion HowlRound, the place earlier occasions are additionally archived.
The occasion is organized by the unbiased worldwide NGO Safe Havens Freedom Talks (SH|FT) by collaborations inside the world arts rights justice sector, and with Safemuse graciously supporting as its mentoring group within the start-up interval. SH|FT is supported by the Swedish Arts Council underneath the Programme for Artistic Freedom, funded by Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNESCO-Aschberg Programme. The Freedom Talks are sponsored by the Swedish Institute. The exhibition and platform challenge is funded by the Swedish Postcode Foundation.