Monday, November 26, 2007

Vibin' at the Workshop in Kinshasa

Oh my my my....we had the hottest cipher this afternoon at the cultural center. There were 6 dancers and about 19 or 20 emcees and singers. It started out lukewarm and kinda' slow. I stopped it and took some time out to talk about gettin' open. We talked about what it's like to get open. After that we started up again with the singers singing the same melody and a steady collective finger snap. Ahhh. Then the finger snap turned into a beatbox, followed by a 'soul clap' that shook the room like foot-stompin' church service. People started to get open and they did not want to stop. It was sooo hot. I was jet lagged before the cipher, but energized fully afterwards. I pointed out the fact that we achieved that high without 1-spending any money and 2-without beer, alcohol, weed or any other mood altering substances (the puffers found that funny lol!). I wanted to point it out because I know that in a real cipher, the cipher itself is mood-altering. It's meditational and creates the space for one to go into a trance.....the cipher here in Kinshasa was definitely powerful....I am so looking forward to tomorrow's workshops.

Not much time to blog today, but I wanted to check in...

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