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Ochun Kayode

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About Me

I am a mother,musician, writer,workshop facilitator and have been in the past a dancer and teacher of music and English as a second language. I was initiated as santera just over one year ago. I am a daughter of Ochun,camino ibu ana. If you want to know more please visit my website: www.wildindigo.co.uk, you can also read my articles about music on www.salsasf.com and click on UK reports
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My Interests

Music, music and music.

I like to listen to it, I like to make it(on my own or with other people!)I like to dance to it, and I like to see it LIVE! I sing and I also play percussion, including Bata. Also I like films, travelling, learning languages. I am interested in all aspects of Ocha. I enjoy beading.
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I'd like to meet:

Any like minded spiritual, artistic and fun people.param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CHscdrO-MYg" ..

Music:


What A Clip - video powered by Metacafe I love loads of different stuff for different reasons,Jazz, Salsa, Timba, Reggaeton, Orisha Songs,Soul, Reggae,Classical,the musicals, etc etc etc.. mspobj allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" type="application/x-shockwave-

Movies:

Mr.Hulot's holiday, A Beautiful Mind,The Man Who cried, West Side Story,Cuban films like Guantanamera target="_blank"

Television:

I am a terrible soap addict, especially this year. ..

Books:

Isabelle Allende,Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte, Maya Angelou,Khalil Gibran

Heroes:

Obvious heroes that have fought for human rights but also ancestors who are the reason why; my children, my mother and my father, my godmother and some of my friends who are inspirational; Ochun who I was crowned with and Obatala who gave birth to me in Ocha and who is my father "

My Blog

Iyaworaje, only two weeks to go until the end

As I come to the end of my year&&&&&&&&&&&. These are some reflections of the past year as an Iyawo.  I am about to complete my year on 9 February 2007 , where I will spend it in Cuba. For those ...
Posted by Ochun Kayode on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:11:00 PST

Study Trip to Cuba

Just some thoughts and reflections about the study trips I organise to Cuba.  This new year I took out a small group of students who are interested in studying the songs and dances of the Orisha ...
Posted by Ochun Kayode on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:59:00 PST

BEADING

the best thing that I have found out about myself during my iyaworaje is my patience and ability to concentrate for long periods of time doing things like beading! If you only knew. Before I would hav...
Posted by Ochun Kayode on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:28:00 PST

LUCUMI CHOIR'SFIRST PERFORMANCE WITH MARTICA GALARRAGA

Yesterday was the first performance of the London Lucumi Choir.  We had only done two rehearsals and I was so proud of everyone. As I have said in a previous blog, singing is uplifting and i...
Posted by Ochun Kayode on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:57:00 PST

Launch of lucumi choir

I have been organising Afro-Cuban singing and dance workshops for two whole years with singer and friend Martica Galarraga.  IT is really a labour of love which seems to have captured people's im...
Posted by Ochun Kayode on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:56:00 PST