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Charles Town welcomes you to a four-day cultural journey of roots, rhythm, knowledge, food, community, and legacy.
Charles Town welcomes you to a four-day cultural journey of roots, rhythm, knowledge, food, community, and legacy.
Charles Town is a living Maroon community rooted in freedom, resilience, memory, and cultural practice. The 18th Annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference & Festival is the featured annual gathering, but the deeper invitation is to experience Charles Town itself.
Here, heritage is not only remembered. It is sung, drummed, cooked, taught, danced, defended, and passed forward.
The website follows the real story of the event: Roots → Culture → Knowledge → Legacy.
Children, elders, health, games, sacred fire, river ceremony, and indigenous teachings.
Day 1Abeng, libation, West African drumming, dance, Kumina, Nyabinghi, and night celebration.
Day 2Historical resilience, living resilience, and futures of resilience through scholarship and community voices.
Day 3Spanish River, Asafu Yard, ancestral tribute, stories, ceremony, Maroon communities, and victory songs.
Day 4
Yucahuna Kachi Areito, sacred fire, river offerings, teachings, songs and dance.
Rhythm, sound therapy, drumming workshops, cultural presentation and community performance.
Authentic jerk, bussu, crayfish, run dung, ground provisions and sweet treats.
Stay near the river, the fire, the food, the music and the community. Camp-In and food booth options help turn attendance into immersion.
View stay optionsThe Academic Conference explores resilience across yesterday, today and tomorrow, bringing together scholars, Indigenous and Maroon knowledge keepers, cultural workers, students and community voices.
Historical ResilienceLiving ResilienceImagining Futures
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