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Soorya NYC Festival
November 17, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
FreeFeaturing the exquisite Sri Lankan Dance Academy, singer Sharaanya Pillai, kavi poet Seetha Wickramasuriya, and other live performances rooted in diverse Sri Lankan traditions. Afterwards, listen and be a part of important cultural conversations between often disparate Sinhalese, Tamil, Burgher, and Muslim ethnic factions of the Sri Lankan community with our panelists. Admission is free!
About Soorya NYC—CTMD’s Sri Lankan Sustaining Cultures Initiative: CTMD is working with Sri Lankan community members to preserve the continuity of Sri Lankan traditions in NYC and share these traditions with the general public. Our goal is to assist the community in making a lasting impact on NYC’s sound and artscape, and place these underrepresented music, dance, and theatrical forms in conversation with the wider NYC community.
We are grateful for the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.