The 8th edition of the CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival, themed “PARA OTHER”, opened on Monday, 20th August 2018 with a medley of captivating performances and a soulful reflective procession through the streets of Jamestown. The Day of ReMembering marked the opening of the CHALE WOTE Street Arts Festival and the SHIKA SHIKA Art Fair. Here’s a quick recap of the major highlights from the opening day events.
The day began with a ritual of cleansing to mark the Day of ReMembering, an annual event at the opening of the festival to revisit the history of James Town as a major point of forced departure but also bear witness to the efforts towards regenerating and innovating our historical realities. To jumpstart the procession, the Dagara cultural group hit Brazil House with high electric energy, blazing through with thunderous Dagati jives. The music and dance group company defined the step of the procession as the ACCRA [dot] ALT production team led it.This year’s procession began at the base of operations for the festival, Brazil House and made pit stops at the gates of various Wulomei (Ga traditional priests).
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