Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac at the Philadelphia Zoo. July 10th and 11th 2010 at noon and 2:30 pm 

"Creatures of Habitat.” In hopes of introducing guests of all ages to issues affecting the entire planet and at the same time inspiring them to take steps to embrace their role as a global citizen, the Zoo has introduced a world of life size LEGO brick animal sculptures. These sculptures serve to illustrate the Earth endangered wildlife and vanishing global habitat.

To relay the fact that the Philadelphia Zoo houses representation from each continent on the globe, the Zoo will also work in collaboration with community based organizations to host a series of weekends entitled “Creatures of Culture.” At this time, specific continents will be authentically highlighted through visual and performing arts, cuisine and other demonstrations. The Zoo has selected to highlight conservation projects in Asia, Africa, South America and North America.
 

The Summer Solstice at Penn Treaty park June 19, 2010 @ 23:00 The Sunrise ceremony at 5:00 am !!!!

- The solstice begins June 20, 2010 @ 11:43 pm (we live in a modern era so all we need to work next day.) But all would begin 12 hours before the actual solstice starts. Therefore all begins June 19, 2010 @ 23:43.

In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year (near June 22) when the Sun is farthest north. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) Summer Solstice is known as the Tropic of Cancer. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year.

 The Pennsylvania Humanities Council: COMMONWEALTH SPEAKERS: 

Mexican Identity in the 21st Century!

In Gettysburg  at the Harrisburg Area Community College Gettysburg Campus. Sponsoring Organization: 21st Century Community Learning Center

This presentation explores the rich spirituality of Aztec dance. After the Spanish unsuccessfully attempted to eradicate the native cultures of Mexico (including their spiritually-powerful dance and music), they decided to mix aspects of Mexican indigenous traditions with their Catholic traditions. Some native Mexican people used this as a way to preserve mystical and spiritual aspects of Mexican indigenous wisdom. This talk explores Mexican identity and culture and also features a short documentary on the contemporary Aztec dance troupe of which Brujo de la Mancha is the founder. De la Mancha also explains the significance of clay flutes in traditional dance, and plays traditional melodies on flutes that he has made.

Erie Art Museum - upcoming special event March 25, 2010
The Power of Song – An Evening of Ballads, Courage and Hope 
Free. $10 suggested donation Erie Art Museum Annex 

Join us for a concert of poignant and stirring song and dance from three different continents. Mensura Berberovic, now living in Erie, is a master of the ancient Bosnian ballad. Mensura says, “My songs are only about love – love of husband, of family, nostalgia for my country, and because they are pure love they are my weapon against genocide.” Victoria Angelo and Marta Sam, also from Erie, share the music of the Acholi people of Uganda and Sudan. Their traditional songs and dances express the importance of peace and the heartbreak of war they have witnessed firsthand. Brujo de la Mancha, an Aztec flute maker and musician now living in Philadelphia, will round out the program with three other Aztec dancers. He says, “Wherever I go, I am always aware how my living culture is full of arts and spirituality. This awareness pushes me to keep working hard to identify ways to express to the public an indigenous perspective that is not always seen in our contemporary, or historical, society.”
http://www.erieartmuseum.org/events/index.html 
 

Master Totokani of the Mexicayotl Culture in Philadelphia on Lava March 26, 8pm- Equinox Celebration and Mexica New Year. Equinox and Mexica New Year Celebration with Master Totokani master of the Mexicayotl culture.  Aztec dance and music with Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac.

Bring water and a candle for ceremony.
8pm at LAVA
$5 donation
4134 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104  (215) 387-6155
more info: http://www.lavazone.org/node/2815 

Vernal Equinox Mar 22 2010 5:00 PM Penn Treaty Park 1199 N Delaware Ave Philadelphia.

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The term equinox can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long. It may be better understood to mean that latitudes +L and -L north and south of the equator experience nights of equal length.

The word is also used for the same event happening on other planets and in setting up a celestial coordinate system; see equinox (celestial coordinates).

At an equinox, the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator (i.e. declination 0) and ecliptic intersect. These points of intersection are called equinoctial points: the vernal point and the autumnal point. By extension, the term equinox may denote an equinoctial point.

An equinox happens each year at two specific moments in time (rather than two whole days), when there is a location on the Earth's Equator where the centre of the Sun can be observed to be vertically overhead, occurring around March 20/21 and September 22/23 each year.

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MEXICA NEW YEAR MARCH 12, 2010

Please realize one thing, the most common thing that exist is time, and the most precise system for the measurement of time has been proven by modern science to be the TONALMACHIOTL, aka the maya/aztek calendar which is the culmination of the continental calendars.

Though not all may agree with when to begin measuring the new cycle there are some key dates that cannot be overlooked, and will help us in understanding the way this calendar works.

Unfortunately, most everyone believes that the last word on this subject has been said and the conclusion was "NO ONE CAN REALLY KNOW" duh! As a result we, humans cannot get back into the rhythm.

But many people and through many generations have held onto the count in their songs, dances, etc...

This year, our eldest UeUeTlatoani, spokesperson, of the Mexika tradition, Don Miguel Angel Mendoza, Kuaukoatl, is the invited guest of honor at the 1st Annual Mexika New Year at CCSF, on March 12, 2010. Kuaukoatl and other elders and leaders will visit us from Mexico City and will also be the featured honored guests at the annual Mexika New Year celebration in San Jose, California.
Kuaukoatl is an award winning lifetime journalist and author who has hosted a weekly educational and cultural forum for more than 40 years, at the same site. As co-founder and director of the Zemanauak, Kuaukoatl recounted the story to me of when he was the catalyst and key to the takeover and liberation of the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, in the ‘80s that initiated the recovery of our sacred places and spaces for the purpose of rendering them respect and homage for what they represent. It will be an honor to tracking and recording the cycles of the earth and nature in relations to human gestation at the rhythm of the cosmos, the communities of San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles and Philadelphia have joined together providing greater awareness and access to these Four-city, Alliance commemorations and celebrations.

http://www.aztekayolokalli.com/calendar.html
  

2009

A Public talk about:
What is dead?
How the dead was see it before 1492?
What is the Day of the Dead? 
At "The University of the Arts"
211 South Broad St. 1123 (Terra Building)  1:00 pm October 30 2009
 

Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac in Puerto Rican Panorama on 6abc-TV Sunday morning, Oct. 11, 2009 

 This show airs on 6abc-TV Sunday morning, Oct. 11, at 5 and overnight between Sunday & Monday at 3:35.
After the weekend, the program can still be viewed on the LWHD Network every night from Tuesday to Sunday at 1:30 a.m. (This channel is 6.2 on your digital TV set, or the WPVI channel on your cable service [on Comcast, it’s Ch. 245] or 466 if you have FiOS.)

2nd Re-encounter with our common root. In Mexico-Teotihuakan July 25 to 29 , 2009

Our plan was to unite as many people as possible and come to an agreement on methods and ways to promote particularly respect for human rights of all people, we hope to be able to sign a document declaration of our intent to step up to the plate and take that responsibility to begin the healing of our nations and our earth Mother.

 Cuauhtemoc Commemoration Ceremony, August 15 @ 9am, Penn's Treaty Park

 Aztec Dance Ceremony in support of this cause.

Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac in Puerto Rican Panorama. Saturday afternoon, on 6abc,  June 27, at 1:30 p.m 

 In celebration of the Summer Solstice—observed by Mexican contemporaries and their indigenous Aztec forbearers—Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (an ensemble of young dancers dressed in full regalia of animal skins, feathers, and ankle shakers), pay tribute to the four corners of the planet in a ceremonial mystical dance routine, accompanied by the huehuetl (drum). . . on the next Puerto Rican Panorama. Also, on the same show, an introduction to Casa PRAC, a multi-service agency based in Vineland.

This program airs (with close captioning) on 6abc Saturday afternoon, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. Rebroadcasts on Sunday morning at 5 and overnight between Sunday & Monday at 3.

After the weekend, the show can still be viewed on the Live Well HD Network every night from Tuesday to Sunday at 1:30 a.m. (This is on Channel 6.2 on your digital TV set and Channel 245 on Comcast cable service. If you have a different signal provider, look for the WPVI-D2 channel.)

The Library of Congress: Research Centers "The American Floklife Center"  

Performances - Homegrown Concerts
Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building
Thursday, June 18, noon to 1:00 pm.

What's Happening at the American Folklife Center:
Throughout the year, the Center sponsors workshops, lectures, exhibits, concerts, and conferences (on its own and in cooperation with other Library of Congress offices and outside agencies) in order to educate the American people about the importance of their own cultural traditions and the traditions of others. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
 
Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac, Aztec dance ensemble from Pennsylvania. Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (which translates from the Aztec language as "School of the Blood Moving in the Heart") performs thoroughly researched recreations of ancient Aztec music and dance from Mexico.

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/

Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage,  June 17th 2009

Aztec dance group celebrates Mexican heritage prior to European settlement. 

Education: History International Science World 

Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (which translates from the Aztec language as "School of the Blood Moving in the Heart"), led by Daniel Chico Lorenzo and Brujo de la Mancha, performs thoroughly researched recreations of ancient Aztec music on handcrafted traditional instruments and dance from Mexico.

Click here to see the Presentation of OYC in the Kennedy Center

The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature & Music, June 14 2009

The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature & Music is established on the principle that there is a universal light of truth that celebrates the sacred beauty of life as it is lived in every culture around the world. 

Cinco de Mayo in Allentown: May-3rd-2009

 The Mexican Community invite you to celebrate the 5 de mayo come enjoy and meet you friends.
 

The 2nd Annual Philadelphia Immigration Cultural Conference (PICC): 4/25/2009 at Temple University.

The objective of the conference is to bring students from around the city to address issues that immigration brings to youth. This year PICC will feature seminars on topics centered on the themes of immigration culture, education, and policy. We find these topics to be important areas to address because they all deal with the impact of immigration on America and more specifically to students. OYC perform and give a talk about"Identity in the XXI century". 

The International Day of the Dead Celebration, in Philadelphia: I walked, I walked, I walked but I never got there.

  CELEBRATE THE DAY OF THE DEAD WITH THE PEOPLE OF OZOLCO PUEBLA, AT THE EL HUARACHE AZTEC.
SATURDAY 1 OF NOVEMBER FROM 12 P.M. UNTIL THE 6 P.M. PREPARATION OF THE OFFERINGALL INVITED TO COME TO PUT THINGS IN THE OFFERING WHICH ITS HEART WANTS. CELEBRATION IS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS OF NOV.MUSIC AND DANCES 6PM - 8PM

EL HUARACHE AZTECA
1122-1124 S 8th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 775-1176 CLEARE HERE TO SEE THE MAP

THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN PHILADELPHIA.       I walked, I walked, I walked but I never got there.
IS DEDICATED TO WHICH HAS DIED WANTING TO REACH THE AMERICAN DREAM BY CROSSING THE BORDER, OR WORKING IN THE USA, OR NOT TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY.

Grupo Ozolco: Celebration of the Ozolco town from Puebla Mx.     9-12- 2008  

Aztec Dance presentation & Music for the celebration, in the past OYC was the first organizer of this event but now the Mexican population has the capacity to take  care of them self. Thanks to the OYC examples form the past.   

 Google works Reading PA. 9-13-2008 

Aztec Dance & Music Presentation for A Cultural Festival

"The Fall of the Bellybutton of the Moon" August 10 2008

 After 516 years the Lost Spaniards found themselves with the original people of this continent people who is called in Nahuatl " NICA TLACA" - "The People of Here" in the language that united us, like now badly called " INDIOS" or " LATINOS".

Aztlan Mexican Restaurant: June 4 2008
Presentacion de musica para apertura de este restaurante.

Farm workers Festival! June 1st 2008
12-8 PM Penns Grove Middle School New Jercy.

15th Annual Cherokee Indian Festival: May, 24 to 26 of 2008
Aztec Dance Ceremony and Muisc at event organized by The Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania. At Temple University Ambler Campus