“Samba reggae for me is more than my culture, it is my social responsibility in Australia”
“It has been through playing that I got to feel the union, joy, cultural experience and support that Batala has to offer to each person as a community project”.
“When I play with the group I feel joy!”
“I believe that Batala is a tool of social inclusion and transformation through art and music”.
“Batala is bringing to my life everything I ever wanted: music, dance, passion, community & collective work and friends”.
“It has brought me so much fun and a strong connection with my Afro-Brazilian roots”.
“Batala is a very powerful social inclusion platform and forum to catalyze people into the best version of themselves with more confidence, groundedness and sense of purpose”.
“My dream is to travel to Bahia to discover the deep roots of the music, dance, traditions and stories still alive and celebrated”.
“It is an honour to represent some of our culture in Australia. I’m very grateful for being part of this inspirational community project”.
”For me is more than a drumming group, it’s a way of self expression through art, dance and music with friends”.
“We as individuals and a group have the mission to reconnect this link once lost between Native Amazonian and Native Australian. Drumming plays a big role in our human existence and it’s being an honour to be part of it”.
“When I first played a Batala drum I felt a fire ignite in my soul, connecting me to both earth and sky”.
I feel when we gather and play drums together there is an incredible ancestral power that awakens in our cells that is contagious to all those around us, it is pure soul medicine”.
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