Steelpan Music
and Instruments
Celebrate Ancestors
New York -
AFRICAN
BURIAL
GROUND - NEW YORK CITY
The Steelpan, an
incredible invention by the descendants of African slaves who were
brought to the western hemisphere, played a prominent role in the
celebration services for the Ancestors at the historical 17th-19th
century African burial ground in New York, where nearly 20,000
Africans from as early as the 17th century are buried....
..The
Ancestors were treated to a first-class concert as their lives
were celebrated with the spoken word, song, dance, music and
rhythm. The audience was treated to a first-time ever combination
of musical greats Huge Masekela paired with the
world-renowned Boys and Girls Harlem Choir. The voices of
the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble echoed off the surrounding
New York buildings with soul-stirring traditional black gospel
music. Their spiritual energies connected not only with the
audience, but also with the souls of the Ancestors.
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