Showcase
Erhan Yihildrin performing at the Folk Feet Dance Showcase 2009. Photo: Etienne Frossard
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication
Workshop 2: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Workshop 1: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Undertaking Death
05/20/09
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Erhan Yihildrin performing at the Folk Feet Dance Showcase 2009. Photo: Etienne Frossard
Undertaking Death: A Conversation with Brooklyn Funeral Directors features local undertakers providing insight into the folklore of death and remembrance as practiced in Brooklyn's diverse communities, including Russian, Polish, Lebanese, and Dominican.
These neighborhood undertakers provide a unique source of information on the history and meaning of traditional funeral and mourning practices. Brooklyn’s ethnic and religious diversity is something they know firsthand. Many of them come from funeral families who have served Brooklynites for three, four, even five generations.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7-8:30pm
WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Dweck Auditorium
These neighborhood undertakers provide a unique source of information on the history and meaning of traditional funeral and mourning practices. Brooklyn’s ethnic and religious diversity is something they know firsthand. Many of them come from funeral families who have served Brooklynites for three, four, even five generations.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7-8:30pm
WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Dweck Auditorium
This forum will give a number of Brooklyn undertakers the opportunity to share their knowledge in a public forum moderated by BAC folklorist Kay Turner.
PARTICIPATING SPEAKERS:
Music artists will open and close the evening with short performances of Yemeni Jewish lamentation presented by Shoshana Tubi and Polish funeral hymn presented by Halina Kalitka. There will be ample time to engage the audience in discussion with the undertakers.
PARTICIPATING SPEAKERS:
- Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto, Scotto Funeral Home (Carroll Gardens)
- Maria Sealy and Renaye Cuyler, Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home (Bed-Stuy)
- Arsenio “Sammy” Lopez and his daughter Maya, Borinquen Funeral Home (Bushwick)
- Erhan Yildirim, Islamic Funeral Services (Ft. Greene)
- Peter Nieberg, Nieberg Midwood Chapel (Midwood)
- Keith Senko, Senko Funeral Home (Williamsburg)
Music artists will open and close the evening with short performances of Yemeni Jewish lamentation presented by Shoshana Tubi and Polish funeral hymn presented by Halina Kalitka. There will be ample time to engage the audience in discussion with the undertakers.
Watch clips from the program below:
Shoshana Tubi, Yemeni Jewish lamentation
Shoshana Tubi, Yemeni Jewish lamentation
Halina Kalitkamm, Polish funeral hymn
Renaye Cuyler, Sealy Cuyler Funeral Home
Days of the Dead in Brooklyn is made possible with major support from National Endowment for the Arts, Con Edison, and NYS Tribute Foundation. BAC Folk Feet traditional dance programs are supported by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, and The New York Community Trust.
Additional support is provided by New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation.Related Categories
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