Presentations

Exploring Traditional Songs, Stories, Ceremonies, and Spirits of the Golden Triangle

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
Mark Van Doren

A diverse range of Multimedia Presentations have been created over the years to introduce audiences to the extraordinary ancestral heritage—arts, customs, beliefs, and knowledge—of the ethnic peoples living high in the mountains of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and China. These talks come alive thanks to a fusion of vibrant photographs, recordings, and films, which are complemented with examples of traditional textiles, instruments, and artifacts.

Whether exploring Hmong Shamanism, the Textile Arts of the Karen or the Iu Mien, the Primal Power of Music, the Ritual Music that animates the Cycles of Life, the Importance of Preserving Intangible Heritage, or the Secular and Sacred Music of the Akha, Lahu, Lisu, Hmong, Mien, and Karen, all presentations highlight the vital role cultural practices play in defining each community.

The sampling noted below represents just some of many more presentations, which can be seen on the Songs of Memory site.

Please let us know if you are interested in hosting a Multimedia Presentation to share with your cultural organization, school, university, or museum. It would be a pleasure.

CulturalCrossroadsAsia@gmail.com

  • Cultural Crossroads Asia Videos

    Akha Oral Tradition School:
    Imparting Ancestral Songs, Stories, and Ceremonies to Akha Youth

    23 April, 2024

    Multimedia Presentation
    Northern Illinois University
    DeKalb, Illinois

  • Cultural Crossroads Asia Videos

    Akha Oral Tradition School:
    Imparting Ancestral Songs, Stories, and Ceremonies to Akha Youth

    19 April, 2024

    Multimedia Presentation
    World Music Center Conference
    The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

  • Why Music Matters - Presentation by Victoria Vorreiter

    Why Music Matters:
    The Power of Music
    and the Importance of Music Education

    16 April, 2023

    Multimedia Presentation (Virtual)
    Russia Suzuki Association
    Moscow, Russia

  • The Arc of Life in Seven Songs Songs of Memory in the Golden Triangle. Presentation by Victoria Vorreiter

    The Arc of Life in Seven Songs:
    Songs of Memory in the Golden Triangle

    4 March, 2023 - 6 March, 2023

    Presentation by Victoria Vorreiter
    25th Asia Pacific Society
    for Ethnomusicology International Conference
    Siem Reap, Cambodia

  • May the Circle be Unbroken: The Importance of Preserving and Sustaining Intangible Culture Presentation by Victoria Vorreiter

    May the Circle be Unbroken:
    The Importance of Preserving and Sustaining
    Intangible Culture

    31 January, 2023

    Intangible Culture
    The Golden Triangle
    Chiang Mai, Thailand