2015 Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival Program

5TH ANNUAL

MARYLAND TRADITIONS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 BALTIMORE

THE FOLKLIFE PROGRAM OF THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL

WHAT IS FOLKLIFE? WHAT IS MARYLAND TRADITIONS?

A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN Dear Friends: Welcome to the 5th annual Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival.

Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), has been working statewide with communities for 14 years to support and celebrate living traditions through fieldwork, partnerships, grants, research and public programs. Today, we come together to highlight the rich cultural traditions that are practiced and expressed from the Chesapeake to Appalachia.

Folklife is the embodiment of community wisdom, which relies on the dedication of key individuals to maintain its vibrancy and relevance. Our musicians, dancers and culinary and craft artists are invigorating folk and traditional arts by handing them down to the next generation through word of mouth or example. We are fortunate to experience their arts firsthand through their performances and demonstrations.

YO U M AY B E A S K I N G YO U R S E LF “ W H AT A R E M A RY L A N D T R A D I T I O N S? ” TO DAY W E PR E S E N T YO U W I T H A G LI M P S E O F T H AT A N S W E R . You may also be asking “what is Maryland Traditions?” To which we’ll tell you that Maryland Traditions is the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council. We’re a team of folklorists, spread across the state, working together to document, celebrate, and sustain traditional arts and culture through regionally-based partnerships at Coastal Heritage Alliance (C H E S A P E A K E T I D E WAT E R ) , Frostburg State University (M O U N TA I N M A RY L A N D) , the National Council for the Traditional Arts (M E T R O D C A N D S TAT E W I D E) , University of Maryland Baltimore County (M E T R O B A LT I M O R E A N D S TAT E W I D E) ,Sandy Spring Museum, and the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art (LO W E R S H O R E) .

We are also a network of individuals and communities, practitioners and professionals, artists and presenters with a common goal: passing on traditional knowledge from one generation to the next.

Please join me in celebrating outstanding individuals who are passing on the living traditions that make Maryland communities distinct and bridge our past to a promising future.

Governor

ABOUT THE MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL

Creative Alliance at the Patterson provides support to artists and advocates for cultural expression rooted in a sense of place. Wide ranging programs are found within the walls of this former movie theater, including local film, modern dance, neo-burlesque, puppetry, hip hop, improv comedy, experimental and traditional music.

Today’s festival is produced in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA). Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, the NCTA is a private, not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to the presentation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States. Founded in 1933, it is the nation’s oldest producing and presenting organization with such a focus.

O N COV E R : P I N ATA BY A R T E S A N A S M E X I C A N A S

I N D E E D, FO L K A N D T R A D I T I O N A L A R T S A R E H A N D E D D OW N FR O M G E N E R AT I O N TO G E N E R AT I O N T H R O U G H WO R D O F M O U T H O R E X A M PLE .

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The Maryland State Arts Council, an agency of the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts, is dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. The mission of the council is to encourage and invest in the advancement of the arts for the people of Maryland. Maryland Traditions is a collaborative statewide folklife partnership program of the Maryland State Arts Council with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to create a lasting infrastructure for the documentation, promotion and celebration of traditional culture in Maryland.

They may be verbal, musical, or visual, occupational or religious. They may be indigenous or have found a welcoming home in Maryland. You will find some of each of these at today’s festival. Taken together, these forms of expressive traditional culture — or what we call folklife — endow Maryland with a distinctive sense of place. True, folklife provides identity to communities, but it also serves as the vehicle by which communities gather to link past and future.

These are living traditions — not living history. They are dynamic and everchanging, however slowly that may seem, and always growing to encompass newcomers or reacting to new circumstances. The practitioners you meet today are masters in their own right, but they are also celebrated representatives of their communities. All of us gather today to learn from one another, to share questions, beliefs and memories to pass on to another generation.

Enjoy the festival!

Clifford R. Murphy, PhD D I R E C TO R , M A RY L A N D T R A D I T I O N S

MARYLAND TRADITIONS APPRENTICESHIP AWARDS

PHIL WIGGINS & JUNIOUS BRICKHOUSE

Nearly all of the participants in today’s festival have been recognized through the M A RY L A N D T R A D I T I O N S A PPR E N T I C E S H I P AWA R D , given annually since 2004 to master traditional artists to pass their skills on to the next generation. This year’s recipients are:

Betel Degene Tracy Murry Matt Bowes Griselda Torres/Alejandra Martinez/Alexandra Gonzalez Asbury Hopewell Jacob Selmer Brooks Long Nicholas Gerakis Carlene McDowell Lori Ann McMahon Rasto Brezny Junious Brickhouse

East Avenue Stage

K WA M E A N S A H - B R E W

Photo by Elaine Eff

Brew is a master of West African drumming, and is the founder of the Performing Arts Center for African Culture in Laurel, Maryland. A native of Ghana, Kwame has been recognized with an Apprenticeship Award, and has been featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival with his group, Fritete.

CRISFIELD CRAB PICKING CO M P E T I T I O N !!!

Photo courtesy of Tony Murawski E A S T S I D E T O N Y ’S D E LU X E T O N E S

THE SHERMAN HOLMES PROJECT W I T H B R O O K S LO N G

Washington Samulnori – Korean Drumming Sebastian Wang is the leader of Washington Samulnori, a Mongtomery County-based group that performs a contemporary style of traditional Korean drumming known as samulnori. Played on four percussion instruments – the changgo (hourglass-shaped drum), the buk (barrel drum), the jing (large gong), and the kkwaenggwari (small gong) – samulnori is based on the music of Korean farmers and shamans.

(M O N TG O M E RY/ H O WA R D CO U N T Y )

WA S H I N G T O N S A M U L N O R I

Pigeon fancying and racing Architectural blacksmithing Southern roots-style R&B Greek mainland-style lute (laouto) Plaited/braided rag rug weaving Piscataway-Conoy beadwork Slovakian fujara Cross-harp country blues harmonica

(S O M E R S E T CO U N T Y ) Each Labor Day weekend since 1947, the city of Crisfield has hosted the National Hard Crab Derby. The Derby features heated competitions for all things crab – from crab picking to boat docking to the “Miss Crustacean” pageant. Competing and demonstrating are Angela Conner, Casalena Corbin, Nakia Ballard, and Ruth Schoolfield, all from the Eastern Shore.

The Sherman Holmes Project with Brooks Long – Blues/Gospel (M I D D L E S E X , VA / B A LT I M O R E)

East Side Tony’s Deluxe Tones – Polka (B A LT I M O R E C I T Y ) Formed in 2005, the Deluxe Tones are led by East Baltimore’s own Tony Murawski on accordion, concertina, and vocals. The rest of the band – Ted Naperkoski (drums), Phil Ravita (bass), Stan Rouse (clarinet, sax), and Howard Scott (accordion, piano/ keyboards) – will be familiar to polka music enthusiasts from across Maryland.

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Woodgraining (faux-wood finishing) Maryland stuffed ham Mexican piñata making

Crisfield Crab Picking Competition!!!

Kwame Ansah-Brew – West African Drumming ( A N N A R U N D E L CO U N T Y ) Kwame Ansah-

Photo courtesy of Washington Samulnori

FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS

M A S T E R A PPR E N T I C E T R A D I T I O N

Tebabu Assefa Frank Bittner Captain Bob Bowes Aurelia Vargas Garcia/ Rosa Vazquez Castro David Glorioso Matthew Harris Wendell Holmes Spyridon Koliavasilis Elaine Pressman Crystal “Cryz” Proctor Bohuslav “Bob” Rychlik Phil Wiggins

Sherman Holmes is a founding member of the celebrated Blues/Gospel/Soul group The Holmes Brothers, recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship in 2014. Baltimore rock’n’soul musician Brooks Long has spent the past year apprenticing to Sherman’s brother, Wendell. Though health problems caused Wendell to announce his retirement this year, Sherman and Brooks team up today with drummer Eric Kennedy for what is a new chapter in the Holmes Brothers’ impressive legacy.

Urban Artistry – Dance Battle!

U R BA N A R T I S T RY

(M O N TG O M E RY

Today’s Dance Battle is brought to you by Urban Artistry, an organization dedicated to art forms inspired by the urban experience. Head-to-head battles today include House Dance vs. Tap, London Locking vs. Campbell Locking, and Buckdancing vs Memphis Jookin. Urban Artistry’s founder, Junious Brickhouse, is a master of house dance and a past recipient of an Apprenticeship Award.

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K L AO U T O S PY R O S KO L I AVA S I L I S’ G R E E

Photo courtesy of Pablo Antionio y la Firma

Pablo Antonio y la Firma – Salsa

PA B LO A N T O N I O Y L A F I R M A

Karpouzi Trio – Music of Greece and Asia Minor (M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y ) Karpouzi Trio is led by

(M E T R O D C )

Pablo Antonio y la Firma is celebrating its 16th year as one of the premier Latin dance bands of the DC/ Baltimore region. Drawing from a multitude of styles encompassed by the region’s multinational Latino community, the group – which calls its style a “Tropical Extravaganza” – is celebrated for its high-energy slasa, cumbia, bachata, and merengue.

Spyros Koliavasilis (vocals, oud, laouto, kemane), a Greek native who lives in Gaithersburg. Spryos received an Apprenticeship Award in 2014 and is joined today by his apprentice, Nicholas Gerakis. Rounding out the group is Margaret Loomis (santouri) and Len Newman (laouto).

K A R P O UZ I T R I O

Carnatic Trio – South Indian Classical

The Singing and Praying Bands

(M A RY L A N D

The Singing and Praying Bands perform what is perhaps Maryland’s oldest and most distinct living musical tradition – a form of AfricanAmerican sacred music that predates gospel, blues, and jazz. Recipients of the 2011 Maryland Traditions ALTA Award, and the 2014 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, they have provided music ministry in the Chesapeake Tidewater region for centuries.

A N D D E L AWA R E)

T H E S I N G I N G A N D P R AY I N G B A N D S

Courtesy photo

Indoor Theater Stage C A R N AT I C T R I O

Talking Drum

Bob Rychlik & Rasto Brezny – Fujara (C A R R O L L /

Join Kwame Ansah-Brew (West African drums), Sebastian Wang (Korean samulnori) and Rajna Swaminathan (South Indian mrudangam) as they explore the common ground of the drum. A tool for organizing sound, people, and worship, drums are considered by many to be a primary vehicle for sacred expression.

Bohuslav “Bob” Rychlik is a master of the fujara, a large overtone flute from Slovakia.

Originally a mountain shepherd flute, the fujara is a source of pride for many from the former Czechoslovakia.

Bob appears today with his apprentice, Rasto Brezny.

Both men are part of a small community of Slovak, Czech, and Moravian folk music enthusiasts in the region.

M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y )

B O B RYC H L I K & R A S T O B R E Z N Y

TA L K I N G D R U M

New Baltimore Hand Dance Association

H U G H C A M P B E L L A N D DAV E R E E D

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Hugh Campbell and Dave Reed – Southern Mountain Music (C E C I L CO U N T Y ) Hugh Campbell and Dave Reed are first cousins and Cecil County natives. Their music draws from the southern mountain music of their parents, who were part of a large wave of Appalachian migrants to settle in the region. Dave’s mother, Ola Belle Reed, was a prominent country singer and songwriter. Both men are featured on the forthcoming Dust-to-Digital release, Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line.

(M O N TG O M E RY CO U N T Y ) Born and raised in Montgomery county, sisters Rajna and Anjna Swaminathan have studied and performed internationally, collaborating with classical, jazz, and pop musicians, and exploring issues of hybrid identity.

The Carnatic Trio features Rajna on mrudangam, Anjna on violin, and Lalit Subramanian on vocals. Rajna and Anjna were both Apprenticeship Award recipients, being mentored by their father (P.K. “Swami” Swaminathan) and mother (the late Lalitha Swaminathan) respectively.

N E W B A LT I M O R E H A N D DA N C E A SS O C I AT I O N

The New Baltimore Hand Dance Association was founded in 1994, and works to showcase a form of African-American swing dance born in the 1950s in Washington, DC. Hand dance evolved from the lindy hop and jitterbug styles popular in the era of Louis Jordan; it is a dynamic tradition that has changed alongside the arrivals of soul and Motown.

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EAST AVENUE STAGE

THEATER STAGE

MARQUEE LOUNGE Workshops

CLASSROOM

Upstairs Workshops

11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00

11:15 - 11:45

Washington Samulnori Painted Screens Tour Departs Korean samulnori 11:30 FESTIVAL ENTRANCE

12:15 - 12:30 ON STREET

12:15 12:30

12:30 - 1:15

1:00

East Side Tony’s Deluxe Tones polka

1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30

Washington Samulnori Korean samulnori 2:15 - 2:45 ON STREET

2:45 - 3:30

Sherman Holmes Project w/ Brooks Long Blues/R&B

4:00 - 5:15

Singing & Praying Bands African-American Sacred Music

Urban Artistry Dance battle

4:45

11:30 - 12:30

Halyna Mudryj Ukrainian pysanky (egg painting) ages 8 & up

Bob Rychlik and Rasto Brezny Slovakian flute

1:00 - 2:00

Urban Artistry House dance instruction

1:45 - 2:30

Hugh Campbell & Dave Reed Southern Mountain Music

1:00 - 2:00

Halyna Mudryj Ukrainian pysanky (egg painting) ages 8 & up

Outside Workshops

Blessed Coffee Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony ALL DAY

11:00-7:00 ALL DAY

Piñata Masters Piñata making all ages 1-5pm

Francisco Loza Arte en Estambre (Mexican Yarn Art) ages 8 & up

Globe Poster Make your own all ages

12:30 - 1:30

1:00 - 2:30

Old Time Music Workshop ages 10-up

Griots’ Circle of Maryland w/Mama Linda Goss Storytelling all ages

12:45-1:30

Blessed Coffee Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Liliana Robeson Latin dance instruction

ALL DAY

2:30 - 3:30 2:45 - 3:30

Karpouzi Trio Greek

Mei Yu Green Chinese brush painting ages 8 & up

2:45 - 4:15 3:00 - 4:30

Griots’ Circle of Maryland Storytelling all ages

3:45-4:30

Carnatic Trio Carnatic music (South India)

ALL DAY

Kathy Beauchesne Kids Eel Pot Activities all ages

2:00 - 3:00

Old Time Jam Session all ages

3:00 - 3:45

Blessed Coffee Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

4:00 - 5:00

Baltimore American Indian Center Native American Broom Making all ages

ALL DAY

Rich Smoker Decoy painting ages 8 & up, ages 3-7 w/adult

Talking Drum Percussion workshop

5:15

6:30

CRAFTS TENT AND AREA

Rug Braiding all ages

4:45-5:30

5:00

6:15

Upstairs Workshops

EAST AVE Coffee Ceremonies

11:15 -12:00

12:45 - 1:30

4:30

6:00

Upstairs Workshops

ROTHSCHILD GALLERY

Edwin Remsberg Master/Apprentice Photo Exhibit

3:30 - 4:00 ON STREET

4:00

5:45

Slim Harrison & The Sunnyland Band Jugband for kids

12:00 - 12:30

Crab Picking Contest

Kwame Ansah Brew drum call

5:30

11:15 - 12:45

1:30 - 2:15

3:45 4:15

Exhibit and Workshops

MEDIA LAB

ALL DAY

Kwame Ansah Brew drum call

12:45

DOWNSTAIRS GALLERY

5:30 - 6:30

5:30 - 6:45

Pablo Antonio y La Firma Salsa

11:00-7:00 ALL DAY

5:45 - 6:45

Baltimore Hand Dance Association African-American Swing Dance

Painted Screen Society Screen Painting ages 8 & up

Piñata Masters Piñata making all ages

5:00-5:45

Blessed Coffee Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

ALL DAY

Face Painting all ages

6:45 7:00

A B OV E : P I N ATA BY A R T E S A N A S M E X I C A N A S

E L A I N E P R E SS M A N ’S R AG R UG PLAITING AND BRAIDIN G

Workshops and Drop-in Activities

J U G B A N D FO R K I D S

Slim and the Sunnyland Band Jug Band for Kids

Duck Decoy Painting with Rich Smoker and the Ward Museum

Marquee Lounge – ALL AGES Children of all ages and abilities are invited to join Slim Harrison’s Sunnyland Jug Band for Kids on instruments provided by Slim himself. Slim has performed with Pete Seeger, Ola Belle Reed, John Jackson, Patsy Montana, and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.

Upstairs Classroom – AGES 3 & UP Learn to paint waterfowl on pre-cut “flatties” (duck-shaped pieces of wood). Master carver and painter Rich Smoker leads this workshop.

D U C K D E COY PA I N T I N G

Upstairs Classroom – AGES 8 & UP Halyna Mudryj is a master of pysanky, a style of Ukrainian egg decorating through dyeing and painting.

Griots’ Circle of Maryland with Mama Linda Goss

G R I O T S’ C I R C L E O F M A RY L A N D

Upstairs Media Lab – ALL AGES Hear African-American storytelling at its best, delivered by members of the Griots’ Circle of Maryland – an organization dedicated since 1989 to uplifting the folklore and traditions of African heritage.

Mama Linda Goss, a Baltimore resident and legendary founder of the National Association of Black Storytellers, hosts.

House/Club Dance Lesson with Junious Brickhouse PYS A N K Y E G G PA I N T I N G

Piñata Decorating with Artesanas Mexicanas

P I Ñ ATA D E CO R AT I N G

Main Gallery – ALL AGES Make your own piñata! Piñatas were religious symbols of the Catholic faith used by the Spanish to evangelize the indigenous people of Mesoamerica. In Southeast Baltimore, the Latino community uses piñatas to celebrate Christmas, New Year, Children’s Day and Mother’s Day.

A R T E D E E S TA M B R E

Chinese Brush Painting with Mei Yu Green

C H I N E S E B R U S H PA I N T I N G

Upstairs Classroom – AGES 8 &UP This tradition spans several centuries and uses brushes dipped in ink.

Learn techniques of holding the brush and painting on rice paper.

Marquee Lounge – ALL AGES Learn upper body moves and club dance steps with master house dancer Junious “House” Brickhouse.

Latin Dance Lesson with Liliana Robeson Marquee Lounge – ALL AGES Learn a variety of dances, including salsa, merengue, and cumbia, from master dancer Liliana Robeson.

H O U S E /C LU B DA N C E L E SS O N

Old-time music workshop with the Red Line Train Hoppers Upstairs Gallery – AGES 10 & UP Join the Red Line Train Hoppers for expert one-on-one instruction on old-time banjo and fiddle tunes, focusing on the repertoire of Kensington fiddler Will Adam.

Arte de Estambre (Mexican Yarn Art) with Francisco Loza Main Gallery – AGES 8 &UP Francisco Loza is a self-taught artist who creates “Arte de Estambre”, a traditional form of Hichol yarn art. The Hichol use a wood surface and a combination of waxes on which yarns of brilliant colors are woven into pictures.

Pysanky egg painting with Halyna Mudryj

L AT I N DA N C E L E SS I O N

Workshops in Craft Area: Drop in all day for workshops in rug braiding, painted screens, basketry, Native American crafts, and Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

This year’s festival features master blacksmith, Matthew Harris (Cecil County), and his apprentice, Jacob Selmer (Carroll County). Having begun his blacksmithing journey at age 16, Harris is especially skilled in the forging of architectural ironwork, such as gates, railings, and grilles.

In 2007, he opened the Harris Metalsmith Studio in Perryville.

Taught by her great grandmother in 1930’s Frostburg, Elaine Pressman (Allegany County) is an awardwinning master in rag rug plaiting and braiding. Made from diverse textiles, including old clothing, these rugs are both beautiful and functional. She has been teaching her apprentice, Carlene McDowell (Allegany), a sheep farmer interested in incorporating wool into her rug making.

Crystal “Cryz” Proctor (Charles County) is a DA V I D G LO R I O S O ’S P I G E O N CO O P

Occupational/Crafts Traditions Wood graining (or faux finishing) flourished in Baltimore’s rowhouse neighborhoods on windows, doors and vestibules. This art form transforms simple pine, plywood, or sheet metal into looking like fancy mahogany or oak. Master wood grainer Frank Bittner (Dorchester County), who was also a Maryland Traditions master in 2004, joins his current apprentice Tracy Murry (Caroline County).

David Glorioso (Baltimore), an award-winning master pigeon flyer, and his apprentice, Asbury Hopewell, are on hand to talk about the long and popular tradition of racing pigeons, a hobby with deep roots in the city.

During the day, they will be letting pigeons go to fly home to South Baltimore – make sure you stop by!

master in Piscataway-Conoy beadwork traditions. The Piscataway-Conoy are indigenous to Maryland, and their style of beadwork, overlaid stitch, is “essential for producing the curvilinear, floral designs favored by the tribes of the Eastern Woodlands,” she notes. Cryz has been teaching her apprentice, Kimberly Rich, this important art.

Carla Tomaszewski (St. Mary’s County) is a first-generation Polish- American, born and raised in Baltimore. Carla uses dyes, batik (wax resist), etching, and painting to create dazzling designs on fragile eggshells: the art of pisanki, an Eastern European decorative tradition most visible at Easter time.

Dr. Kathleen Beauchesne is the President of the Center for Research Basketry, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to research on basketry and the lives of basket makers. Shanthi Chandrasekar is a master Indian Kolam painter from North Potomac, who learned from her grandmother in Tamil Nadu, India. Traditionally, Indian women began their day by drawing Kolams with rice flour – temporary, symbolic paintings – outside their front door as a sign of welcome to guests.

From Somerset County, Rich Smoker is a master decoy carver, a past recipient of the ALTA Award, and a mentor to carver Harry Jackson. Coastal Heritage Alliance (Talbot County), represented today

by Mark Wiest, is dedicated to the preservation and

advancement of the cultural heritage of commercial fishing families in North America. Featured will be the restoration of skipjack boats, the traditional oyster dredging fleet of the Chesapeake Bay.

B L E SS E D CO F F E E CEREMONY

Baba Baile McKnight (Prince George’s County) is a master drummer and drum-maker with the ability to transform raw materials into djembe, dunun, and ashiko drums. He is trained in welding and sculpting, and studied with master drummers in Africa. Baile opened Baile’s African Drum Works in Forestville in 1975. Roberto Rivera (Frederick County) is a master Puerto Rican Cuatro maker living in Walkersville. The Cuatro is a tenstringed lute in the guitar family and is the national instrument of Puerto Rico. A student of National Heritage Fellow Yomi Matos, Roberto has either built or worked on stringed instruments for some of Puerto Rico’s best cuatristas.

Foodways Traditions

Nothing compares to Baltimore’s Painted Screens anywhere in urban America. The application of painted scenes on wire screens provides privacy indoors and an art gallery for the street. They have endured as a symbol of the neighborliness and resourcefulness of Baltimore’s row house residents since 1913. Globe Poster was founded in Baltimore in 1929, producing posters and placards for carnivals, drag races, politicians, and more.

Their posters came to define the visual aesthetic of R&B, Funk, Soul, and Hip-Hop. The Baltimore American Indian Center is on hand to demonstrate the Native American traditions of sage broom-making, always-popular dream catchers, and beadwork.

Tebabu Assefa (Montgomery County) and his apprentice, Betel Degene, are working to maintain the traditional coffee ceremony as the center of cultural life and identity within the Ethiopian community of Metro DC. Tebabu and his wife, Sara, created Blessed Coffee, a coffee roastery that strives for “virtuous exchange” between coffee consumers and coffee farmers. Blessed Coffee’s ceremonies encourage dialogue, and remind us that coffee is not just a beverage.

Captain Bob Bowes (St. Mary’s County) is a master in

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preparing and making stuffed ham, the culinary tradition unique to Southern Maryland that is a staple of church dinners and community events. With Matt Bowes, his apprentice and son, they are keeping alive the process of preparing the vegetables (kale, cabbage, and onions), mixing the seasoning, and stuffing and cooking the hams each year at holiday time.

Festival-goers can also enjoy traditional foods from Nepal House @ 920 North Charles St., one of several restaurants that have emerged from Baltimore’s growing Nepalese community, and owned by master musician Prem Raja Mahat; Bear Creek BBQ, owned by Curtis Shreve, who may hail from the Louisiana-Texas border, but his cooking nods to both his birthplace and his adopted homeland of Southern Maryland; Koperek Polish Cuisine for delicious pierogies, a staple of the Polish community; Little Morocco Café of Highlandtown; Meski Healthy 2 Go, a popular food truck based in the Metro DC area serving Ethiopian dishes; and for dessert, Prigel Family Creamery, offering outstanding ice creams from their 120 year-old family farm in Glen Arm.

B O B RYC H L I K A N D H I S S LOVA K I A N F LU T E

For more information on Maryland Traditions visit: www.marylandtraditions.org Clifford Murphy, PhD, Director, Maryland Traditions

Michelle Stefano, PhD, Program Coordinator, Maryland Traditions

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Photography by Edwin Remsberg

NCTA

Larry Hogan Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Lieutenant Governor Mike Gill Secretary, Department of Business and Economic Development