SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
FROM NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC
COAST
We have received many requests from people
wishing
to purchase videos or music from the archives of the Sister City Video
Project. These include former residents of Puerto Cabezas now living
abroad,
academics studying the region, and missionaries and health workers
about
to travel to "Port" for the first time.
The videos were produced as part of the video training project
established
between the Burlington/ Puerto Cabezas Sister City Program and URACCAN
in the year 2000. (see program history)
The goal of the project has been to train local residents to use video
to document life in the region and celebrate traditions important in
the
cultures of Nicaragu's Caribbean Coast.
Proceeds from the sale of DVDs and CDs will be used to further support
the project. DVDs can be purchased for $24 postpaid, CDs for
$16.
A donation of $100 will get all five.
Send money
and addresses
to Sister City Video Project, 15 Beech St, Burlington,VT 05401
VIDEO VIGNETTES from
NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC COAST
DVD 90 min.
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This video compilation includes 28 short tracks sampling life in the
region.
Taped by participants in the Sister City Video Program over the years
the
menu includes music, dance, ceremony, window framing, cow milking,
river
travel, church singing, and interview....
...a kaleidoscopic view of life in the region. |
COMIDA COSTENA
Nacatamal and Rice & Beans
DVD 50 min.
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This video documents
preparation
of two of the traditiional foods enjoyed on the Atlantic Coast of
Nicaragua.
Nacatamal is a favorite
entre for Sunday morning breakfast, while Rice & Beans costena
style
can be found served with most meals. |
DANZA GARIFONA
&
DANZA MISKITU
coming soon
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These two documentary
films by Julio Bordas present a glimpse into the Garifona and Miskitu
cultures
through the vehicle of dance. They represent the first of a five part
series
Julio is producing on the Cultures of Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast.
Future
videos will include the Rama, the Mayagna, and Creole cultures. |
LEGEND & CUSTOM
Sisimiki the Ulak
El Joven y La Sirena
Mi Ropa
La Escoba
DVD 55 min.
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"Sisimiki"
is a
dramatization of a legend produced by the preparatory students living
on
the Kamla campus.
"El Joven y La
Sirena" gives
a traditional Miskito legend an ecological twist.
"Mi
Ropa" is Remigio
Hodgson's musical lament about a man whose wife keeps his clothes wet
so
he can't go out and party.
"La Escoba" is
Julio Bordas's
look at sweeping as cultural indicator. |
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MUSIC CD 16
tracks
Remigio Hodgson,
one of "Port's best loved songwriters, and his friend Milton "Tiger"
Omier
brought their coastal songs to Vermont during the summer of 1994. The
tracks
on this CD were from their outdoor performance at Winooski's Photo
Lounge,
July 6, 1994.
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for a more complete
description of
these DVD and CDs contact us
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