Charles Town Maroon 2013
FRIDAY 21 JUNE
10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Panels and Performances
• Maroon Lands
• Maroon Laws
• Maroon Cultures
2:00-5:00 p.m., Hike to Orange Vale Plantation
SATURDAY 22 JUNE
1–9 p.m. Panels and Performances
• Indigenous Knowledge From Jamaica and Australia
• Maroons and Gender
• The Arts of Marronage, featuring Dr. Ken Bilby and Phillip Supersad
• Performance by Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in
collaboration with the Charles Town Drummers and Dancers
SUNDAY 23 June: Annual Quao Victory Day Celebration
Noon-5 p.m.
• Procession of the Colonels, blowing of the Abeng, and Libations
• Crafts Fair, Art Exhibition, Workshops
• Music, Drumming, Dancing, Capoeira, Poetry, Film and Games
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