27058: Wilcken (announce) Haitian Artists Celebrate the Vodou Rites of January -- in Brooklyn, NY

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

For immediate release

Contact:  Lois Wilcken, 718-953-6638, makandal-ny@juno.com

HAITIAN TROUPE LAUNCHES CARNIVAL ON JANUARY 7 IN BROOKLYN

La Troupe Makandal, New York¹s Center for Afro-Haitian Traditional Arts,
presents ³Carnival Dawn,² its closing performance of Rising Sun: a Vodou
Drama of Death and Rebirth.  "Carnival Dawn" marks the transition from
winter ceremonials to pre-vernal rites, and it salutes Haiti¹s Independence
Day, January 1, a day that also signaled the demise of slavery throughout
the region.  Experience a Caribbean-style Twelfth Night as we cut the cake
for the Three Kings.  Participate in a get-together with Haitian artists.
Cap the festivities by dancing to the beat of the season¹s first Carnival
band.

Drumming and song arrangements by NEA Heritage Fellow Master Drummer Frisner
Augustin.  Dance directed by visiting artist Pierre Desrameaux, formerly of
Haiti¹s National Folkloric Troupe.  Light refreshments for sale.  Admission:
$15 general, $10 students/seniors, $5 children 12 and under. Reservations
recommended: 718-953-6638; makandal-ny@juno.com

Date and place: Saturday, 7 January, 8 pm South Oxford Space, 138 South
Oxford Street between Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place

Transportation:
C to Lafayette Avenue, South Oxford Street/Hanson Place exit.  Walk about 7
doors up from Hanson Place to 138 South Oxford Street.
OR
2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, Q, R, to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street, or the LIRR
to Flatbush Avenue. Exit at Hanson Place.  Walk along Hanson Place toward
the shopping mall 5 blocks to the traffic light, turn right onto South
Oxford Street. South Oxford Space is on your right.
OR
G train to Fulton Street.  Walk 2 blocks up Fulton Street to South Oxford
Street, then make a right onto South Oxford. Cross Hanson Place.  South
Oxford Space is on the right about 7 doors up from Hanson Place.

B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  Call 718-330-1234 for bus information.

Call 718-953-6638 or email makandal-ny@juno.com for information about road
travel.

This performance is made possible in part with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.


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