Founder
Music collective Ancestral Futures returns with another multi-sensory event
Mayfield Ngondonga
September 6, 2021
Ancestral Futures presents a night of music and rituals in honour of the ancestors.
Ancestral Futures is the London based music collective on a mission to connect and celebrate the African diaspora through immersive events.
After three successful events, the crew are back on the 17th of September with another multisensory experience centred around offering gratitude and honouring the ancestors.
The event will take the audience through a traditional libation ceremony as well as showcasing musicians with an African influence using their vibrations to connect with their ancestors and the African diaspora.
The event will take place at The V1llage, Acklam village W10 5TY. The venue will be welcoming the London African diaspora community into an immersive experience from a traditional libation ceremony to a range of artists bringing the vibrations with the likes of Lex Amour, Afronaut Zu, Shumba Maasai and Akala, accompanied by scents sourced from Haiti uniquely crafted to match each artists energy.
Taking it to the heart of the motherland, African instruments will be played including an Africa drum circle to start the ceremony. Lastly, to complement the sounds and scents, projectors across the venue will be displaying holograms curated to match every part of the show.
These elements combined will captivate all your senses and allow you to feel the power of the ancestors and have you dreaming of future African kingdoms.
The libation ceremony
The traditional libation ceremony will give the audience a chance to get in touch with their ancestors in an ethereal atmosphere. A libation ceremony is an ancient ritual that involves the pouring of a liquid or grains such as rice as an offering to deities, spirits and in memory to those that came before us. The Libation ceremony has deep roots and is still used today across the globe.
Ancestral Futures fuses culture, music and entertainment to create a multi-sensory experience not to be missed. With each Ancestral Futures event, you can expect to leave with a deeper understanding of the cultural background that has shaped the identities and sounds of African musicians and creatives past and present as well as a deeper connection to the motherland.
Live streaming
For those unable to attend the physical event Ancestral Futures has partnered with direct to fan platform The Floor offering a multi-camera stream as well as incense packages matching the scents available at the event. Viewers are encouraged to join the libation ceremony at home by putting out their own bowls of water to get the full experience.
To purchase tickets head over to the Ancestral Futures website. For more information contact info@ancestralfutures.co.uk
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