A collaboration between Lotus Blossoms & Girls Rock Bloomington, this drumming workshop is open for registration for girls, trans and non-binary youth ages 8-14! Email amanda@lotusfest.org to register. Pay what you can $10 – $15 on the day of.Performance artist, educator, spiritual healer, and peacebuilder, Malawi-based Masankho Banda brings the traditions of interactive storytelling, drumming, singing, and dancing to life. Forced to flee Malawi in the late 1980s, due to the actions of a brutal dictatorship, Masankho started Ucandanc African Healing Arts in 1997 to bring his passion for dance and storytelling to communities around the world. Masankho (which means to choose) seeks to bring peace, social justice, and cultural understanding to communities throughout the world through the arts and, for over a decade, has given his time and talents to Bread & Roses, a nonprofit bringing inspiration to communities in San Francisco through music, stories, and dance. He received the prestigious Unsung Hero award from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2001 because of his inspiring peacebuilding efforts.
