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<> AMANI: SOUKOUS STYLE MEETS BHANGRA BEATS <>
<> HALT THE BLOOD MINERALS TRADE IN THE D.R. CONGO <>
v:shal kanwar & En Avant Congo invite you to AMANI, a unique event promoting activism to end the most lethal war in the world and raise funds for this war's rape survivors. AMANI will bring together dancers and musicians from two traditions – Congolese Soukous and South Asian Bhangra – which have electrified party-goers across their respective continents for decades.
A brief program will engage attendees in activism to end a conflict that has taken 5.4 million lives and left hundreds of thousand of rape survivors in need of services, followed by a friendly competition between the Soukous and Bhangra dancers and musicians as they represent the best of their continents’ moves and grooves in the first such dual performance of its kind.
The Congolese dancers will be from the internationally renowned group Wenge Musica.
AMANI’s up-beat, infectious spirit, innovative cultural content and unifying message is sure to deliver the most electric evening’s entertainment in Washington, while attendees fund the services rape survivors in Congo need to move forward.
<> DATE <> Monday, May 18th 2009
<> LOCATION <> Liv Nightclub | Bohemian Caverns, 2001 Eleventh St. N.W. (U St/Cardozo Metro)
<> TIME <> 6:00--11:00 P.M. | Soukous vs. Bhangra Dance-Down: 7:15 P.M.
<> TICKETS <> $10.00 General Admission | $25.00 Benefactor www.going.com/congo
<> INVITE FRIENDS <>
> Email: www.going.com/congo
> Facebook: www.facebook.com/home.php
> Questions: enavantcongo@gmail.com
<> v:shal kanwar | Global Groove <>
v:k is a prolific painter and performance installationist, as well as a D.J. and musician, who has been featured at venues around the U.S. and internationally. His blend of floor-shaking beats from every corner of the world has gained rave reviews from audiences of an equally varied background. v:k has shared the stage with countless acclaimed musicians, DJs and artists during his artistic career, and he has helped introduce many rising stars in global dance music to Washington, D.C.
<> EN AVANT CONGO <>
The Washington-D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit En Avant Congo (“Forward, Congo”) was formed in 2003 by a group of Congolese and Americans to promote U.S. civic engagement in ending the conflict in D.R. Congo and funding services for survivors of mass rape by combatants. The group supports Centre Olame, an exemplary institution providing services for survivors in Bukavu, South Kivu – the center of Eastern Congo’s war zone.
<> HALT THE BLOOD MINERALS TRADE IN THE D.R. CONGO <>
v:shal kanwar & En Avant Congo invite you to AMANI, a unique event promoting activism to end the most lethal war in the world and raise funds for this war's rape survivors. AMANI will bring together dancers and musicians from two traditions – Congolese Soukous and South Asian Bhangra – which have electrified party-goers across their respective continents for decades.
A brief program will engage attendees in activism to end a conflict that has taken 5.4 million lives and left hundreds of thousand of rape survivors in need of services, followed by a friendly competition between the Soukous and Bhangra dancers and musicians as they represent the best of their continents’ moves and grooves in the first such dual performance of its kind.
The Congolese dancers will be from the internationally renowned group Wenge Musica.
AMANI’s up-beat, infectious spirit, innovative cultural content and unifying message is sure to deliver the most electric evening’s entertainment in Washington, while attendees fund the services rape survivors in Congo need to move forward.
<> DATE <> Monday, May 18th 2009
<> LOCATION <> Liv Nightclub | Bohemian Caverns, 2001 Eleventh St. N.W. (U St/Cardozo Metro)
<> TIME <> 6:00--11:00 P.M. | Soukous vs. Bhangra Dance-Down: 7:15 P.M.
<> TICKETS <> $10.00 General Admission | $25.00 Benefactor www.going.com/congo
<> INVITE FRIENDS <>
> Email: www.going.com/congo
> Facebook: www.facebook.com/home.php
> Questions: enavantcongo@gmail.com
<> v:shal kanwar | Global Groove <>
v:k is a prolific painter and performance installationist, as well as a D.J. and musician, who has been featured at venues around the U.S. and internationally. His blend of floor-shaking beats from every corner of the world has gained rave reviews from audiences of an equally varied background. v:k has shared the stage with countless acclaimed musicians, DJs and artists during his artistic career, and he has helped introduce many rising stars in global dance music to Washington, D.C.
<> EN AVANT CONGO <>
The Washington-D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit En Avant Congo (“Forward, Congo”) was formed in 2003 by a group of Congolese and Americans to promote U.S. civic engagement in ending the conflict in D.R. Congo and funding services for survivors of mass rape by combatants. The group supports Centre Olame, an exemplary institution providing services for survivors in Bukavu, South Kivu – the center of Eastern Congo’s war zone.
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