São Paulo – The Cultures of the World Meeting is an event that has for 20 years aimed at disseminating and celebrating the cultural diversity in all its forms, with music, dance and ancient body and meditation practices. This year’s edition will run from January 24 to 26 at the Espaço Cultural Tangará Mirim in Imbassaí, Bahia and feature the Aissawa music group led by Said Guissi from Fez, Morocco.
The performance is characterized by the simultaneous use of wind and percussion instruments at a rhythm accompanied by chants and dances that constitute the Sufi sacred dance. It’s the second time the group participates in the cultures meeting. Aissawa is a mystical and religious brotherhood founded in Morocco around 500 years ago by Muhammad Ben Aïssa.
The meeting will also hold experiences with Indigenous ethnic groups Kayapó Mebengokre, Pankararu, Potiguara and Alto Xingu, as well as Mindfulness practices, a meditation practice that develops the ability to focus one’s attention in the present.
“The Cultures Meeting is an opportunity to treasure the ancient knowledge and wisdom of native peoples and emphasize the interaction with diversity and the exercise of empathy, Glaucia Rodrigues, director of the non-profit organization Centro de Estudos Universais AUM that organizes the event, was quoted as saying in a press release.
The event is organized in partnership with Casa de Cultura Cavaleiro de Jorge e Aldeia Multiétnica, a project that fosters exchanges and brings together Indigenous peoples to strengthen their individual cultures and shared struggles.
The program also features forums and lectures on Astrology, Education for Peace, Cosmology, and Intercultural Philosophy, regional dance and music performances and workshops, a photo exhibition by Rogério Ferrari on the resistance of Bahia’s native peoples, a Solidary Economy Fair with traditional foodstuffs and products, a workshop on Paneurhythmy (a circular dance composed of exercises that stimulate the body’s spiritual cells to expand the individual and collective consciousness) and a special performance by Orquestra Jovem do Conservatório de Música de Mata de São João.
The full program is on the event’s website. Tickets starting at BRL 45 (USD 11).
Check out an Aissawa group music video below:
Quick facts
2020 Cultures of the World Meeting
January 24 to 26
Espaço Cultural Tangará Mirim
Imbassaí, Mata de São João – Bahia
www.culturasdomundo.org.br
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
