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Don't miss this double-header workshop featuring Masters of Puerto Rican & Colombian folklore!

Do you like singing Décima? Do you wish you knew how to write one? Don't miss this workshop by prize-winning Trovador, Ricky Villanueva, direct from Puerto Rico! Irvin Santiago, renown cuatrista will be assisting!

Enjoy learning about folklore traditions from Los Montes de Maria on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. This workshop by Kiko Villamizar will feature storytelling on the oldest collaboration between black and indigenous people in the Americas, and interactive experiences featuring music, dance, instruments -- and CUMBIA!

This Heritage project is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Our Season is additionally sponsored in part by Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.