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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Reviving the Ancient Sounds of Mesoamerican Ocarinas
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SUMMARY:Reviving the Ancient Sounds of Mesoamerican Ocarinas
DESCRIPTION:[[{'fid':'578511','view_mode':'default','type':'media','attributes':{'height':'300','width':'498','class':'media-element file-default'}}]].. Free Lecture and Performance: Jose Cuellar, Professor Emeritus of   Latina/Latino Studies, San Francisco State UniversityClay ocarinas are thought to be the most common musical instruments used by pre-Columbian societies in Mesoamerica. While little is known about the making and function of these wind instruments—often shaped in animal or human forms—their study reveals that they were associated with both sacred and secular activities. In 2012, musician and ethnologist Jose Cuellar researched the Peabody Museum’s extensive collection of clay ocarinas, flutes, and whistles from archaeological sites throughout Central America and Mexico. In this program he will discuss his findings about these ancient musical instruments and the people who made and played them, and he will also demonstrate their sounds using contemporary ocarinas.Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage [1]*Also of Interest*: /Ocarinas of the Americas: Music Made in Clay [2]/, an exhibition at the Peabody Museum[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/52+Oxford+St,+Harvard+University,+Cambridge,+MA+02138/@42.3801645,-71.1153057,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x89e37740a3c56959:0xe17bf20973449411[2] https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/2443
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street
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