Sarah Jackson covers Vancouver’s 8,000 Sacred Drums Ceremony, based on a 500-year-old prophecy, that when eight thousand sacred drums join together, Mother Earth will begin to heal. More information at the Indigenous Portal website.
Take youthful enthusiasm, a love of dance, Vancouver’s SkyTrain and put them together for a special bit of public performance art, captured by Mitch Thompson.
The Inuvialuit Drum Dancers from Inuvik perform traditional songs and dances as part of Vancouver’s Talking Stick Festival, an annual celebration of Aboriginal culture. The Inuvialuit Dancers use their traditional songs as a way of keeping their language alive.