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Fri 23rd Nov 2007 |
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Victoria and Albert Museum |
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Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL |
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This event is free but booking is essential |
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3pm - 6pm |
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Join the V&A for a special event exploring cultural, economic, political and spiritual themes related to Slavery, oppression and freedom. Dutty Mas is an interpretation of Kalinda, an early form of music and dance that rose up out of plantations in the Caribbean during the mid 1700’s. Early Carnival, particularly in Trinidad and Tobago was an expressive form of mimicking the enslaver, but more importantly, it was a bold statement of resistance by those enslaved.
Day Event:
Use recycled materials to make masks and headdresses, costumes using T-shirt printing, learn call and response songs, basic dance and drumming routines that you will perform as part of a parade (see Night Event) and have your face and body painted to represent consumer items connected to the transatlantic slave trade. Use objects in the museum’s collection linked to the slave trade to help you realize your ideas. Have your photograph taken in your costume for our Day of Record. Some materials available, meet in the Lunchroom at 15.00. |
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Tube: South Kensington
Buses: C1, 14, 74 and 414 stop outside the Cromwell Road entrance |
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020 7942 2211 |
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bookings.office@vam.ac.uk |
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| Website |
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www.vam.ac.uk |
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