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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

What's Cooking, Bedford?



I was part of a video project illustrating multicultural cooking.  See this page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flavorful-Memories/116246301780021 and read this comment:
It's been a week since the very hot Summer Solstice day when I had the opportunity to interview Claudia Fox Tree, a member of the Arawak nation, and videotape her drumming circle and potlatch (potluck) dinner to celebrate the season.

Here's a portion of a song called the "Rabbit Dance". Rabbits are significant animals to think about in the summer because they multiple and are associated with growth, adolescence, fertility and community.