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Director of Culture, David Bowen of the Cultural and Arts Commission in collaboration with Portia Clarke and the Edward C. Gartland Youth Center will be conducting a Cultural Camp to help the youth of the TCI learn more about their culture and strengthen their bond to their heritage. The three week camps, starting Tuesday August 4 and ending August 28 2009, will promote the education of TCI Culture for TCI youth. The camp and activities will all take place at the Youth Center over a three-day a week - Tuesday and Thursday’s from 1-3pm and Saturdays 3-5pm- for three-week sessions that will culminate with a Cultural Explosion Show to take place on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at the Youth Center performance space. Director of Culture, David Bowen, will teach all classes. Week one, August 4th, 6th and 8th - will begin with music and dance. Participants will focus on learning to play ripsaw music and perform TCI traditional folk dance and movements. Week Two, August 11th, 13th, and 15th will focus on singing and learning Turks and Caicos folk songs; original poetry and spoken word dealing with local cultural themes will also be introduced. In the third and final week, August 18th, 20th, and 22nd – youths will deal with Turks and Caicos studies and general knowledge focusing on TCI history, heritage and folk culture. Participants of the camp will also learn how to make traditional masquerade costumes that they will be able to showcase during the annual Boxing Day and New Years Masquerade and Junkanoo parades. Rehearsal for the show will take place on August 25th and 27th, with all participants are expected to perform in the Cultural Explosion Show on Saturday, August 29th. Help your children to build TCI culture into their identity by encouraging them to participate in the camp. For further information or to sign up, please Contact David Bowen or Barbara Johnson at the Cultural & Arts Commission Office on 941-8434 on via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Portia Clarke of the Edward C. Gartland Youth Center on 333-9605.
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Understanding your culture is considered to be one of the most important lessons we can teach our children. "Living one's heritage becomes an element in the formation of identity, a sense of 'who I am,'" says psychologist Aaron Cooper from The Family Institute at Northwestern University in Illinois. "Identity is richer when it's built on multiple components: family, community, heritage/culture. The more ingredients that shape [their] sense of identity, the sturdier [their] identity will be." Related Articles
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