04/21/2026
To every community, city, space and family that the LAVAGEM Celebration touched this year, we give thanks❣️ We thank you all for your presence, for your sharing, for all of our Master Teachers, for our youth and our elders, for everyone's willingness to dive deep and support. We thank those who have been with us for 5 years strong and those who participated for the very first time. We give thanks to everyone that traveled, some hundred or even thousands of miles to meet us in Durham for Embodied Dialogues, or Charlotte, Baltimore or Philly for the LAVAGEM Celebration. We celebrate you all and celebrate those who wanted to be there, but couldn't- we held you close in spirit and dance!
We celebrate a momentous achievement! Having an annual festival for five years, in the midst of major changes in financial support and socioeconomical challenges is no easy feat, but we pushed forward!
There are a few that started with us in 2022 who are no longer with us and we celebrate their lives and legacies as well. 🕊️🕊️🕊️
We hope that you continue to take this charged, ancestral energy with you throughout the year until we meet next time in Charlotte for the LAVAGEM Celebration, April 8-11, 2026!
Don't forget to mark your calendars!! 🗓️
Muito Obrigado Axé!! 🫶🏿🙏🏿❤️🌻👑
