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Experience the Bounties o f a Ghana Harvest Festival
African Music and Pageantry to Fill South Park Blocks
dings and ceremonies, will be
offered by appointment.
The Portland General Elec­
tric Children’s Area will present
face painting, beadmaking and
storytelling. Children may also
learn to make African rainsticks
and masks.
An African marketplace will
offer the sale o f traditional prod­
ucts, and ethnic food vendors
are on-site.
The Homowo Festival o f Af­
rican Arts, now in its 12,h year,
is hosted by world-renowned
percussionist Obo Addy. The
event is a traditional Ghanaian
harvest festival o f welcome and
Thanksgiving. It blends Afri­
can music, dance, pageantry,
crafts and demonstrations.
This year, the festivities will
, be held on Saturday, Aug. 25
(Left) Women in African garb
and Sunday, Aug. 26 at the
wait as the Homowo Festival'spro­
South Park Blocks on the Port­
cession gets underway. At thisyear’s
land State University campus
event, traditional music from Nige­
between S.W. Harrison and
ria, Uganda, South Africa, Ghana
S.W. College Streets, from 1 -
and the Caribbean can be heard.
8 p.m. on both days.
Homowo literally means
“ m o ck in g h u n g e r.” The
Homowo Festival’s ties lie
2808 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd
503/493-8127
with the Ga people and their
July
2001
m igration to Ghana. The Ga
traveled for many years be­
J azz Sundays (1,8,15,22,29)
fo re re a c h in g th e W est
Albina Jazz Ensemble 12:00 PM-3:00 PM
Coast ofA frica where they
presently live. A long the
No Compromise w/Louis Pain, Kenny Johnson 4 ban Gildea 7:30 PM l 11:00 PM
way, they experienced fam ­
Tuesdays (3,10,17,24.31)
ine, but because they helped
WONE Night Excursion 8:00 PM -10:00 PM
each other, they survived.
Later, when their harvest
Hip Hop, Poetry Slam, Spoken Word
were bountiful, they held a
feast at which they mocked
M W ednesdays
andjeered at hunger and the
" Happy 4th of July! (Closed)
hard tim es that had plagued
Albina Jazz Ensemble
July 11
them . This was the first
7:30 PM-11:00 PM
Homowo.
Maximum Flow
July 18
7:30 PM-11:00 PM
A traditional G hanaian
Triclopse Organ Trio
July 25
7:30 PM-11:00 PM
processional led by Obo
Addy and a large group o f
Thursdays (5,12,19,26)
Ghanaian musicians will kick
o ff the festivities on Satur­
Ron Steen s Jazzberry Jam Sessiom 7:30 PM -11:00 PM
Musicians Welcome
day. Actors will assum e the
role o f kings, queens and
followers o f the royal fam ­
9
ily o f each o f G hana’s eth­
Friday July A
6
Sonny Hess & The Power Band
nic groups as priests “bless”
In the Bar
6:30 PM-10:00 PM
Maximum Flow
Side Room
10:00 PM-1 00 AM
the festival grounds. This
Saturday July 7
processional features drum ­
The Congregation
In the Bar
8:30 PM-12:30 PM
Friday July 13
m ing, dancing, singing and
Bret Malmquist Trio
In the Bar
6:30 PM-10:00 PM
perform ers dressed in the
Maximum Flow
10:00 PM-1:00 AM
Side
Room
traditional clothing o f the
Saturday
July
14
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1
five m ajor culture groups in
:ean 503
Ocean
503/W LaRhohda Steel
In the Bar
8:30PM-12:30 PM
Ghana.
ay July 20
Friday
Kevin Karr
□rrick & Company
In the Bar
An African folk art dem ­
6:30 PM-10:00 PM
Chata
Addy
&
Susuma
Side
Room
10:00 PM-1:00 AM
onstration area will feature
Saturday July 21
a Togolese seam stress, a
Nancy Curtin Quartet
In the Bar
8:30 PM-12:30 PM
Togolese cobbler, Nigerian
Friday
July
27
head and body wraps, Ugan­
Maximum Flow
In the Bar
6:30 PM-10:00 PM
dan baskets, Eritrean baskets,
Norman Sylvester Band
Sideroom
10:00 PM-1:00 AM
Ethiopian painting and Malian
Saturday July 28
drawing and painting.
The Cannonballs w/Lloyd A
Allen
in the Bar
8:30 PM-12:30 PM
H enna handpainting, a
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