Folktronika feat. Mah Ze Tar, Mayvn, Raman Osman, Sufi Whirling
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FOLKTRONIKA
FRI, FEB. 2ND, 7PM-MIDNIGHT
A MONTHLY GLOBAL FOLKTRONICA DANCE PARTY
AT LAKE MERRITT DANCE
200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
All Ages. Wheelchair Accessible.
BALLROOM
7:00 PM Raman Osman & Susu Pampanin (Syrian Kurdish Music)
8:45 PM Mayvn (Balkan Bump - DJ & Clarinet)
10:15 PM Dervish Aziz & Anna Whirling (Sufi Whirling Dervishes)
10:30 PM Mah Ze Tar (Persian/Indian electro-fusion)
LOUNGE
7:00 PM Yoga Class by Sita Davis
8:00 PM Qi Gong by Sean T Fox
HALL 3
Acoustic World Folk Jam
Jam musicians can apply here to receive free tickets.
Free Gong Fu Tea Service
Shoe-Free Dancefloor
Food & Non-Alcoholic Drinks Available
PARTICIPATE
Volunteer: Apply here.
Vend: If you'd like to vend, contact us here.
RSVP: Join our Facebook Event page and invite your friends.
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ARTIST BIOS
Mah Ze Tar (Eastern Fusion)
Mah Ze Tar is a musical fusion project by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Maz Karandish. This project was propelled by the vision of fusing traditional Eastern music with modern electronic composition as a form of cultural preservation.
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Mavyn (Balkan Bump)
Oakland DJ MAYVN weaves a dancy desert set laced with live clarinet, guiding you on a global bass trip. She regularly performs with Balkan Bump.
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Raman Osman & Susu Pampanin (Syrian/Kurdish/Arabic)A mixture of Syrian, Kurdish, and Arabic music. This band includes Raman Osman, Kurdish composer and master tembûr/tambour (saz) musician from Al-Hasaka, Syria, and virtuoso percussionist Susu Pampanin.
Dervish Aziz and Anna Whirling (Sufi Whirling Dervishes)
Aziz Abbatiello was raised in an American Mevlevi family, as he started to walk the path of the mystics following in the tradition of the Sufi. He was initiated as Semazen in 1996, and has made Sema with several Sufi groups in America and abroad. Anna Whirling is from Ukraine. In the beginning of the war she moved to Turkey an then came to USA. Anna has been practicing whirling all her life since childhood. She perform on stage with different groups for 20 years.
Ceremonial Tea Service by Tea Tribe
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Yoga by Sita Davis
Sita's classes are rooted in an awareness of breath, energy, and connection, in the spirit of her deep desire that all beings may experience their own inherent wholeness. She is a mother, artist and devotee of the earth and moon, as well as a Certified Yoga Therapist with over 1000 hours of training through Niroga Institute in Berkeley and Dharma Inc in Berkeley, Oakland and Thailand. Born in India and raised in the Bay Area, Sita has been practicing yoga regularly for the past two decades and intermittently since childhood. Her earliest teachers were her parents, who spent the months before and after her birth studying with TKV Desikachar in Southern India. Sita humbly and lovingly shares the trauma-informed, heart-opening transformational practices of that have been transmitted to her over the years from her beloved teachers.
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Sean T Fox (Daoist Medical Qi Gong)
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This video teaser for our last party showcases the electrifying atmosphere you can expect at FOLKTRONIKA!