| Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Still Image | Fieldwork
Santeria
Herbs
Figurines
Crosses
Crucifixes
Religious symbolism
Religion
Christianity
Christian art and symbolism
Specialty stores
Stores, retail | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Botanica Nena in Little Havana
- Date
- 1980-06-02
- Description
- Thirty color slides. A botanica was a place where believers in Santeria could buy herbs and other supplies. Santeria is a New World version of the Yoruba religion. Catholic items such as crucifixes and statues of saints were also for sale. Slides S80-177, S80-180, S80-185, S80-189, and S80-191 are missing.
- Collection
| Every Island Has Its Own Song (rough cut, incomplete) | Every Island Has Its Own Song (rough cut, incomplete) | Moving Image | Musicians
Documentary videos
Bagpipe music
Bagpipes
Tsabouna
Material culture
Instrument manufacture
Musical instruments
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Family history
Epiphany
Religious rites
Religious symbolism
Religious art
Catholics
Religion
Emigration and immigration
Dance
Calendar rites
Community rites
Parades
Music performance
Bagpipers
Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Every Island Has Its Own Song (rough cut, incomplete)
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- One video recording (3/4 tape; 15:07) An early (and incomplete)version of the production -- for final edit, see video FV-112. Documentary about Nikitas Tsimouris, a Greek bagpipe player, and his family. Includes family images, the Epiphany celebration, Tsimouris making and playing the tsabouna (Greek bagpipe), and discussion of Greek life and immigration. A co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
- Collection
| a_s1640_25_tape03 | Felix & Augustine Omeden interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Nigerian Americans
Dance
Ethnic clothing
Instrumentalists
Drums (musical instruments)
Oral history narratives
Fire eating
Religious rituals
Religious symbolism
Folk dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Felix & Augustine Omeden interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
- Date
- 1994-07-31
- Description
- One audio cassette. At the time, the Omebens had lived in Miami for ten years. The dances they taught through the apprenticeship program date back over a thousand years, were performed only by males who created their own costumes, and served as a religious declaration and rite of passage.
- Collection
| a_s1618_04_tape04 | Hope Odzak interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Painting
Devotional objects
Ceremonial objects
Religious symbolism
Icons
Religious imagery
Christianity | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Hope Odzak interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-07-07
- Description
- One audio tape. The North Carolina-born Odzak, a sales assistant, explains iconographic painting. She discusses joining the Greek Orthodox Church (she is of Anglo ethnicity); learning Greek Orthodox iconography; learning painting from Elias Katsaris, a Greek Orthodox priest who paints for churches across the nation; use of icons in the church; various types of icons; history and styles of icons; icons in the home; processes for making an icon; materials needed; and tools used.
- Collection
| a_s1640_25_tape01 | Interview with Nigerian dancers Felix and Augustine Omeden | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
African Americans
Arts, Nigerian
Nigerian Americans
Dance
Body movement
Costume
Drummers (Musicians)
Drums
Personal experience narratives
Arts, African
Fire eating
Religious rites
Religious symbolism
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Nigerian dancers Felix and Augustine Omeden
- Date
- 1994-01-23
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. At the time, the Omebens had lived in Miami for ten years. The dances they taught through the apprenticeship program date back over a thousand years, were performed only by males who created their own costumes, and served as a religious declaration and rite of passage. For more information on Omebens and their apprentices Baki and Campbell, see S 1644, box 11, folder 33. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Nigerian dancers Felix and Augustine Omeden with their apprentices | Nigerian dancers Felix and Augustine Omeden with their apprentices | Still Image | Fieldwork
African Americans
Arts, Nigerian
Nigerian Americans
Dance
Body movement
Costume
Drums
Children
Arts, African
Fire eating
Religious rites
Religious symbolism
Apprentices
Dancers
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Nigerian dancers Felix and Augustine Omeden with their apprentices
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- 33 color slides, plus one proof sheet with 23 black and white images (plus negatives), and one black and white print. Images the Omeben brothers teaching prentices Campbell and Baki traditional Nigerian dances, which included fire and glass eating. Apprentices Campbell and Baki were funded to learn Nigerain dances (asolo and igbabolelekhen) as well as glass and fire eating, creating the costumes, and the dance's cultural background. At the time, the Omebens had lived in Miami for ten years. The dances they taught date back over a thousand years, were performed only by males who created their own costumes, and served as a religious declaration and rite of passage. For more information on Omdedens, Baki, and Campbell, see S 1644, box 11, folder 33. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary | Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary | Moving Image | Musicians
Documentary videos
Photography
Bagpipes
Tsabouna
Material culture
Instrument manufacture
Musical instruments
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Family history
Epiphany
Religious rites
Religious symbolism
Religious art
Catholics
Religion
Stained glass
Church buildings
Church decoration and ornament
Bagpipers
Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- One video recording (3/4 tape; 16 minutes) Video of Tsimouris family photographs for use in the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary. Images include life in Greece and Florida, the Tsimouris family (swimming, vacationing, weddings, and family gatherings), the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, and scenes of Greece. The finished product was a co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
- Collection
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