Musician is Laura Melnicoff
https://lauramelnicoff.com/about
For this performance, Laura responded to the music I wrote by partially playing my song. After partially playing what I wrote she added something new to the song creating an abstracted composition. This is the first version of the performance.
4k version coming zoom
Lantana flowers are used for mosquito bites, mint is used for upset stomach and diarrhea, and estafiate (prairie sage) is used for upset stomach and diarrhea. She would burn cedar but I do not know more about how she used it. I am still asking the family about it. She would grab branches from trees in her yard sweeping them against a person's body while they were covered in a sheet. After the limpia, she would dip the branches in a bowl of holy water. Curanderismo incorporates a mixture of African, Indigenous, and Spanish folk medicine. For Indigenous and African practices to survive in Latin America catholicism and Spanish influence became intertwined.
Items on table
Lantana, Mint, Lemon Balm, Marigolds, Locally grown Mugwort, Locally grown Sage
Iron Thurible, 2024
Ash
White candles
Can exist separately from Table Of Offerings
Ash, Wax, and Corn Cobs
White dress, and wood and metal wire headpiece.