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Name Mr. Arnold Herrera
Email
Phone 505/470-7622
Address PO Box 205
Cochiti Pueblo, NM  87072
US
Biographical Info Arnold Herrera, a Cochiti Pueblo native, grew up in a culturally rich Keresan Pueblo environment immersed in traditions and the arts. With knowledge gained from his grandparents and his father, Arnold has become an accomplished drum maker, composer/singer, and teacher of culture to all audiences. *Please read the booking guidelines before applying for funds. Speaker must be contacted by host to arrange presentation date*
Program Title THE WAY OF THE DRUM
Program Description
This presentation is a way into the Cochiti Pueblo world told from personal experiences, traditional stories and teachings. While demonstrating steps in constructing the famous Cochiti drum, Mr. Herrera tells about tribal political structures, language, ceremony, clans and moiety membership, roles of men, women and children, and modern Pueblo social problems. This journey covers the period from the 1940s to the present.
Series New Mexico History and Cultures; Art, Music and Dance
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