Dancing with the Ancestors: Elegba Folklore Society's 25th Juneteenth Anniversary
Live performances by Butcher Brown, Sa-Roc and Elegba Folklore Society.
Elegba Folklore Society, Richmond’s Cultural Ambassador, presents Juneteenth 2021, A Freedom Celebration in Richmond, Virginia on Sunday, June 27 at the African Burial Ground, 1540 East Broad Street.
The Get Woke Youth Summit begins at 1pm. The stage and the grounds open fully at 2pm, and the program concludes at 6p. Juneteenth 2021, A Freedom Celebration is Elegba Folklore Society’s 25th Anniversary Juneteenth observance.
The theme, Dancing With The Ancestors, expresses gratitude, remembrance and optimism through the light filled prism of Afrofuturism; the intersectionality of past with present and the multidimensionality of the future and liberation.
This holiday commemoration will be sacred and joyful. Attendees are asked to wear white, and they may bring ancestral offerings such as flowers, fruit, sweets, libations or other gifts of personal significance. Priestesses from the Obafemi Institute for the Divine Study of Ifa will be on hand to administer a spiritual bath upon entry.
Sa-Roc will close out Elegba Folklore Society’s 25th Juneteenth Anniversary. Check out her latest video, Wild Seeds.
Visitors are welcome to experience these collective Cyphers:
Love Yourself…
The Sacred Healing Cypher
Offered by Mermaids & Muffins
breathwork, aromatherapy & meditation transmute negative vibrations
Slow Down…
The Ancestry of Sound
Offered by Shanna Latia
relax inside a sound bowl meditation & honor an ancestor
Express Yourself…
Living in Black Joy!
Offered by Mecca Presents’ Mecca Williams
implement black joy as a daily practice even in the face of societal and personal barriers
Restore…
Black On Our Mat
Offered by House of Bhagat’s Revolutionary Yogi, Kiran Bhagat
a radical self-care practice using yoga, the radical breath & meditation
Affirm Your Children…
I Am Somebody Charms
Offered by Elegba Folklore Society
make a protective and confidence-building symbol to wear with pride
Manifest…
Re-Purposeful
Offered by Initiatives of Change USA
find a way, re-create, shapeshift and visually express a path of freedom by re-purposing a t-shirt or tote bag