HOSAY: Tadjah & Tassa, The Unisphere Flushing Park NY, June 24-25, 2011
13th Kitchrie Festival of Indo-Caribbean Arts & Culture June 24-25, 2011
A landmark event of splendid pageantry of Hosay Tadjah Making and Tassa Drum processions practiced by the People of
Trinidad and Tobago. Kitchrie 2011: Hosay ~ Tadjah & Tassa is a month-long cultural exchange program of art works of
street theater performances, film, lectures and oral history exploring Hosay culture. Free Admission/ Parking
A landmark event of splendid pageantry of Hosay Tadjah Making and Tassa Drum processions practiced by the People of
Trinidad and Tobago. Kitchrie 2011: Hosay ~ Tadjah & Tassa is a month-long cultural exchange program of art works of
street theater performances, film, lectures and oral history exploring Hosay culture. Free Admission/ Parking
PROGRAM: Spectacular Outdoor Pageant of decorative floats called, Tadjahs, with processional Tassa drumming in a 'passion play' commemorating the Martyrdom of Imam Hosain at the Battle of Karbala, with Recitations of The Marsiyas of Anis.
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 Photo: Mark Lindersay (c)
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College and public school students invited to make site-visits to learn the cultural history of Hosay from elders, artists and scholars, with hands-on activities in Tadjah building and Tassa drumming at the Imambara “yard” in Richmond Hill, Queens.
Schedule site-visits: 718.846.5431 Email Us
Schedule site-visits: 718.846.5431 Email Us
JUNE 24 from 5:30-9 PM HOSAY HERITAGE @ QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART
THE UNISPHERE GALLERY AT QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART
PROGRAM:
- Display of Hosay Tadjahs - Unisphere Gallery
- Muharram in India and Trinidad, Passion Play of the People (Multi-Media) Presentation By Satnarine Balkaransingh
- Hosay Trinidad (Film) By John Bishop & Frank Korom.
Introduced by Dr. Frank J. Korom - The 1884 Jahajee Massacre, Trinidad. "This Is We Land! We Here To Stay!" (Multi-Media) By Sasha Parmasad
- Elder Shares Memories of Hosay by Abdool Karatee
- Hosay Drumming By Sayeed Mohammed
Networking, Refreshments served from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm
Thanks To Our Funders & Partners
The Kitchrie Annual Festival 1998-2011) is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Kitchrie 2011: Hosay ~ Tadjah and Tassa is presented by The Rajkumari Cultural Center, in partnership with the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin & Queens Museum of Art. |
June 25 from 12-4 pm: HOSAY @ The Unisphere
Queens Museum of Art
New York City Building Flushing Meadows/Corona Park Queens, New 11368. Telephone: (718) 592-9700 Directions: Queens Museum & Unisphere Email: i[email protected] Web: QMA WEBSITE |
