Keith Johnson - Teaching Artist Extraordinaire, Craftsman of Tradition, Master Drummer, Dancer, Storyteller, Visual Artist and Educator. I began my dream in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area seeing cultures from around the world. When they had Folklife Festivals at the Smithsonian Institution, the worlds largest museum. I witnessed first hand how we are more alike than we are different.

My journey has taken me to many areas of the world.

Indigenous cultures use what is around them to create beautiful artifacts. The same cocoons found in South Africa are also found among the Yaqui tribe in Guadalupe Arizona for their Deer Dance. Many of their rituals utilizing the calabash floating are also used in Africa by the people of Accra, Ghana. Through my research I found one in Trinidad the Pan.

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