portals to the ancestors

portals to the ancestors is a community offering of artist-led movement workshops and shrine-making that centre the body as a site of ancestral memory, continuity of culture and resistance against erasure.

Dharug collective Jannawi Dance Clan will present a cultural dance workshop, Mohamed Albayed from Ataba Dabke will facilitate a Palestinian dabke workshop, and Shyamla will host an introduction to the Tamil drumming dance, Parai Attam. Artist emoeba h♡rtbridge invites you to bring a photo of a ‘spiritual ancestor’ (real or imagined) or a treasured memory to make a personal shrine.

Open to all levels of experience, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

Catering by Kefah Maradweh from Jafra Enterprises.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Wednesday 25 March, 2026

Time: 6-8pm

Location: Western Terrace, PHIVE, 5 Parramatta Square, Parramatta NSW

Cost: Free

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We hope you can join us in Burramatta as we reach backwards and forwards in order to make sense of the now. Presented as a part of Utp’s 2026 programs under the provocation of Ancestral Portals.

Cover Image: Artwork by Eddie Abd, Typography by Celine Cheung

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This event is delivered in collaboration with City of Parramatta.

This project is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Neilson Foundation.