FESTIVALS & OUTDOOR EVENTS

About the Festival

Delou Africa Inc. is hosting their 3rd Annual African Diaspora Dance and Drum Festival of Florida. The 2012 festival theme is “Bridging Cultural Gaps” and will feature family friendly activities, educational forums, events and a vendor market place. Activities will include 24 adult and children’s drum and dance workshops with world renowned artists from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Haiti, and Cuba. Music instrumentation workshops will include Balafon (African xylophone), Shekere, Djembe, Djun-Djun, Sabar and Traditional African songs. Events will include a meet the artists media forum, a symposium, a yoga class, Rites of Passage for Children & Families, and a Children’s Village. Final highlights are a festival concert, a cultural reception, a Djun-Djun Drum & Dance Fusion Intensive workshop and a raffle drawing for 2 round trip tickets to South Africa and other prizes.