Pamilya Sama Badjao Dance Day

Pamilya Sama Badjao Dance Day
– Saturday, November 7 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
– WAVE Studio Space (4501 E Carson St #114, Long Beach, CA 90808)
– Teens and Adults welcome (ages 13 and up) – No dance experience needed!
pinaypages is excited to host Sama Bajau Master Artist, Al-Raffy Harun, for an exclusive workshop where you can learn authentic Sama dance techniques and indigenous traditions!
Al-Raffy Alnado Harun is a performing artist and Sama culture bearer born and raised in the province of Tawi-Tawi’s Sitangkai. A cultural worker and a performer, he was the Artistic Director of the Sining Parmata Performing Arts of Mindanao State University’s Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (MSU TCTO) . He led the Lepa Theatrical Troupe in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi that aims to promote, preserve and protect our culture and tradition. Raffy won the Best talent in Malaysia for Mr. Culture Asia and was the Tawi-Tawi area coordinator for the Genetic Variation of Filipino People Project. Al-Raffy received his Bachelor of Arts from the Mindanao State University Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography and has recently earned his Diploma in Linguistic, Anthropology, and Population Genetics at Uppsala University in Sweden. He is also a Legislative Staff Assistant for the Policy Research and Legal Services BTA-BARMM Cotabato City.
This project is part of the IMAGINE28 program, funded by the Arts Council for Long Beach and the City of Long Beach.