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Guinea Conakry Mestre @officialdanceofguinea 🙏 obrigado pelo força mestre💪🏽🔥

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Dancing has really been a huge part in releasing stale energy for me, so I wanted to share this with you all this afternoon and plus, it’s bb’s birthday. He’s in Guinea and I’m here in NY, but as the Guinean people say, “Wontanara.” We are together.
Live drums + good vibes 🌹 Come through

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Come dance your pants off! 💫 The spirit of Guinea will be strong in Portland, Maine TONIGHT~ Tuesday, April 23rd 🔥 Seny Daffe teaching dance and Namory Keita leading the rhythms🔥
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Tues, Apr 23 dance class at Embody the Rhythm, 6-7:30pm. Join us at the New Church, 302 Stevens Ave in Portland. Please bring cash, $15-20 sliding scale.
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The beautiful dancer in this video is one of my incredible teachers in Guinea, @alydancecamara 🔥🔥♥️💛💚
#Guinealove #Dancelove #drumlove #movementismedicine #embodytherhythm

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Tu me manques, la Guinea 🇬🇳
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I miss you, Guinea,
West Africa 🇲🇱
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Photos 1-3, walking around Conakry, Photo 4 home of my teacher, Youssouf Koumbassa, photos 5-10 waterfalls and friends in Dubreka. •
All photos from one year ago. So blessed to have been there, hopeful to return again. 🙏🏽
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#guineawestafrica #traveldreaming #20yearsofstudy #loveguineadance #blessingstomyteachers #blessingstothisland #grateful #sograteful

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“Ah-ay Africa, Africa, Oh Africa...” ✨☀️✨
Final moments in Guinea, Feb 1, 2018. Missing this pile up of lovely people and most beautiful send-off full of singing, drumming, laughter, hugs, and invitations to return. Missing all you amazing artists and friends, who made us feel so welcomed and taught us so much. May you be blessed forever, and again. *
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#gratitude #Guinealove #pieceofmyheart
#movementismedicine #movewithspirit
#danceforthesoul
#musicismedicine
#Guineadanceanddrum
#community
#peace
#love
#unity
#GuineatoMaine
#GuineaLove
#drumlove
#dancelove
#danceforallpeople #danceforhealing
#artismedicine
#supporttraditionalarts #danceforhealing
#dancelife
#drumlife
#findyourmedicine
#embodytherhythm

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FIRST AID
Guinea, West Africa is rich in culture, contributing incredible music and dance to the rest of the world, the roots of which are seen in many popular contemporary art forms worldwide. As you might have noticed from many of my other posts, Guinea has *incredible* talent.
Meanwhile, the reality remains that the average person has only the very basics for survival. While colonizing countries have established businesses there, and imported all manner of packaged items, there is no place to deal with trash and plastic waste, no sanitation system, running water, and scant/rationed electricity for the non-elite. The average person has no access to basic health care or even first aid such as antiseptic, bandages, fever-fighting medicines and pain reducers; no simple life-saving conveniences such as bug spray (while malaria, and other mosquito born illnesses are rampant). My friends and fellow artists whom I became close with are not even guaranteed to have food to eat each day, nor a bed to sleep in.
On my recent journey to the country, I was able to bring along a suitcase full of traditional first aid items and lovingly prepared herbal medicines, coming from many of you in our local community.
I cannot tell you how far this went, and how much it meant to the people there. A special shout out to the wise herbalists, @angel_bean25 and @isa.beaulieu for your beautiful healing remedies ~ the herbal medicines were a big hit and deeply appreciated.
An amazing group of friends and community members in Guinea volunteered to help me separate all of the donations into smaller units, which we then distributed home by home, around numerous villages. Local volunteers came along to ensure that proper use of the medicines was translated into the local languages. It was a most beautiful effort, linking together communities that I love and cherish from both sides of the ocean. Thank you to all who donated and to all who helped. *
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#portlandtoconakry
#conakrytoportland
#guineainjanuary
#firstaid #naturalmedicine
#sharethewealth #giveback #letsfindmoreways #onelove #wontanara #wearetogether
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I miss your amazing dancing, Aly & Bangali !@alydancecamara *
#Guineasgottalent #januaryinguinea #movementismedicine
#Guinealove #dancelove

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Learning to drum the Malinké rhythm Sofa, with the most patient teachers. Thank you, @alydancecamara and Soriba! We loved your encouraging voices and affirmations. In the second video my bell falls off the drum, and it’s all I can do to keep it together.. all part of drum class for this novice 😊 *
Back in Portland, Maine now.. This month in dance class at Embody The Rhythm, our very capable drummers are carrying the rhythm, Sofa.. And we dance 💃🏻

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