FALL into the HARVEST SEASON with Rara Tou Limen's FALL Offerings! 
In Honor of Harvest + Ancestor Season, Rara Tou Limen (RTL) cordially invites the community to join us in a series of culturally enriching activities to INFORM, UPLIFT & INSPIRE!

The 8th Annual Oakland Life Is Living Festival
10am - 8pm
OAKLAND

Come out and represent Haiti with
Rara Tou Limen at
The 8th Annual Oakland Life Is Living Festival! Saturday, October 10th | Defremery Park

LIFE IS LIVING:
"AFRICA IN OAKLAND" DANCE ZONE
will feature master teachers and drummers playing rhythms from Africa and its diaspora to support the all day dance classes which are FREE to the community! Through classes and a special performance, this year's "Africa in Oakland" highlights the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, its teachers and residing dance companies, its cultural presence within the tapestry of our community, and its use as a central tool for the self-preservation and life of dancers and non-dancers alike, in Oakland, CA.
Come move with us!

AFRICA in OAKLAND DANCE ZONE SCHEDULE 
All Classes are FREE!


11am - 11:15am Drum Call with Tacuma King & students

11:25am - 12:25pm King Theo of SambaFunk!
African Samba and Funk

12:35pm - 1:05pm Portsha Jefferson of Rara Tou Limen
Haitian Folkloric Dance

1:15pm - 2pm Emese, Afro Cuban Orisha Dance

2:15pm - 3:15pm Diamano Coura, West African Dance

3:25pm - 3:45pm Dimensions Dance Theater performance

3:55pm - 4:25pm Kiazi Malonga, Congolese Dance

4:30pm - 5pm Ousseynou Kouyate, Sabar Senegalese Dance

5:05pm - 5:20pm Drum Performance
Students of Cheikh Tairou Mbaye

5:30pm - 6pm Alseny Soumah, Guinean Dance

Courtesy of Delina Dream Productions and Drianke Entertainment

Life is Living Festival, 2014

"Radical Ancestry"
8pm - 12am
SAN FRANCISCO

YBCA and SKIN World Wide Present:
“Radical Ancestry”
A Closing Finale of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Arts Exhibit


Saturday, October 10th 2015

To celebrate the closing of the exhibition
"Radical Presence", SKIN World Wide and YBCA present "Radical Ancestry", a dance floor journey through sound, art, tradition, and folklore.
We invite you to this gorgeous, visceral celebration that weaves through the African and Latin-American diasporas. Featuring a mixture of live performances, dance, visual art, and DJ’s, we pay homage to our common bonds of ancestry and rhythm.

SKIN founders, Candy Martinez & DJ Cecil

Featuring an extravaganza of live performances by:

Rara Tou Limen
Sambaxé Dance & Drum Company
MJ’s Brass Boppers
DJ Cecil
Piwai
Son of Sōn
DJ Emancipacion
Ibou Ngom, Jeff Pierre & Vincent Perrault
Rama Mahesh Hall & Black Gold Ensemble

Visual Artists:
Azteca Negra
Sabreena Haque
Tigre Bailando
Tres Mercedes

Hosted By: Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Curator: Candi Martinez

Rara Tou Limen, Sambaxe

MJ's Brass Boppers

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, USA
Doors 8pm - 12am, All Ages
$10 with RSVP / $15 Door

Info: http://www.skinworldwide.net/ or http://ybca.org/
TIX: http://ybca.org/radical-ancestry

SAVE THE DATE!   NOVEMBER 1  SAVE THE DATE!
FET GEDE
Now in our 12th SEASON!

Rara Tou Limen (RTL) cordially invites the community to join us as we celebrate the Gede Spirits + our Ancestors through DANCE, MUSIC, FOOD and SONG!

Fet Gede is a national holiday in Haiti that honors and revitalizes Ancestral Spirits. The Gede's, entities of LIFE and DEATH embrace the creation and conclusion of LIFE and represent a crucial link to the 
Ancestors. Gede teaches us to Laugh, Love and Live!

Song Workshop with Daniel "Brav" Brevil | Musical Director, RTL  (2pm-3pm)
Dance Workshop with PortshaJefferson | Artistic Director, RTL (3pm-5pm)
Community Potluck/Dance (5pm-7pm)

When: Sunday November 1, 2015
Where: The Humanist Hall
390 27th St. (between Telegraph & Broadway)
Oakland, California
Time: 2pm-7pm
 Offering: $20

***  Community Potluck to immediately follow Dance Workshop*** 
Please bring a dish, drink, snack or dessert offering to share with the community

FET WEAR: Show us your "BEST" Gede/Day of the Dead "FIT"! Let your creativity run wild....Please wear Purple, Black and White, the traditional colors for Gede.

 An altar will be present. If you would like to make an offering (photos of loved ones, flowers, candles, alcohol, fruit, florida water, etc.) please feel free to do so.