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Summer at the Library: Orisirisi

African Folklore
2025-06-27 11:00:00 2025-06-27 12:00:00 America/New_York Summer at the Library: Orisirisi Share the beauty of African life and culture through a unique folkloric performance filled with drumming, dance and storytelling. Hawthorne Branch - Meeting Room

Friday, June 27
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-27 11:00:00 2025-06-27 12:00:00 America/New_York Summer at the Library: Orisirisi Share the beauty of African life and culture through a unique folkloric performance filled with drumming, dance and storytelling. Hawthorne Branch - Meeting Room

Hawthorne Branch

Meeting Room

Share the beauty of African life and culture through a unique folkloric performance filled with drumming, dance and storytelling.

For thousands of years in the mystical light of the moon, African children have sat spellbound; listening to stories that both entertain and develop a better sense of the difference between right and wrong. OrisiRisi African Folklore recreates this scene with Moonlight Stories. - an anthology incorporating the African tradition of audience participation including fun-filled call and response type songs, mesmerizing African drumming and dance, children’s games, and much more!

Woman in Nigerian attire dancing

AGE GROUP: | Elementary (6-11 years) |

EVENT TYPE: | Summer Reading Program | Music & Dance | Language Learning |

TAGS: | #summeratthelibrary | #Storytelling | #music |

Hawthorne Branch
Phone: 352-481-1920
Branch manager
Cameron Burris
Hours
Mon, Mar 31 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Apr 03 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 06 12:00PM to 5:00PM
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