{"id":1105,"date":"2010-03-29T13:39:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2010-04-04T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T15:17:30","slug":"welcoming-a-newborn-baby-djeli-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2010\/03\/welcoming-a-newborn-baby-djeli-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming a newborn baby, Djeli style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_dancing.jpg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1132\" title=\"Habib, Peni, and Sira Saccoh\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dsc_2166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1103\" title=\"One month old Sira Saccoh at her baby shower with a woman who is not her mother.\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_sira.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baby Sira was born just over one month ago.\u00a0Her family invited friends and relatives for a celebration at their home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Her father, Habib Saccoh recently befriended balafon player  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massfolkarts.org\/object_detail.asp?ObjectID=8250166\" target=\"_blank\">Balla Kouyat\u00e9<\/a>, who in addition to performing with his band,  <a href=\"http:\/\/ballakouyate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Vision<\/a>, carries on his family&#8217;s tradition of performing for domestic ceremonies within the local\u00a0Mandinka\u00a0community.\u00a0(The Mandinka\u00a0are one of the largest\u00a0ethnic groups found across much of West Africa.) &#8220;Even though Habib is from Sierra Leone,&#8221; Balla explains to me, \u00a0&#8220;he is still of the Mandinka people.&#8221; For such a momentous occasion, Habib and his wife, who is American, wanted to celebrate like he would, were he home in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1123\" title=\"Balla Kouyate with Makane Kouyate on talking drum\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_balla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dropping by the all-day party was an opportunity for me to witness the role of a djeli (a.k.a. griot) in the context of his own culture. Djelis are the oral historians, praise singers, and musicians who are born into the responsibility of keeping alive and celebrating the history of the Mandinka people. Balla Kouyat\u00e9&#8217;s\u00a0family lineage goes back over 800 years to Balla Fas\u00e9k\u00e9, the first of an unbroken line of djelis in the Kouyat\u00e9 clan. Indeed, his family is regarded as the original praise-singers of the Mandinka people. To have him present at a celebration such as this, is a way of bringing together a community far from home, reminding them where they came from, holding the culture together.<\/p>\n<p>And what a party it was. Although I had parked my car\u00a0several houses away, I could hear\u00a0Balla&#8217;s music from the street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1110\" title=\"Home on Whiting Street\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_house.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1111\" title=\"Two young friends of the family\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stepping inside the spacious Victorian foyer, I immediately spotted where the action was. A large parlor room off to\u00a0the right was alive with colorfully dressed men and women dancing to the music.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1113\" title=\"Singer Adjaratou Tapani Demba and Balla Kouyate on balafon\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_musicians.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_dancing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1115\" title=\"baby_shower_dancing\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_dancing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music was cranked up really loud and some little people were not pleased.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1116\" title=\"Little girl holding her ears\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_loud.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Servings of African cuisine,\u00a0fresh fruit, nuts, and beverages were plentiful\u00a0in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1118\" title=\"Food available in the kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_food.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, people would offer cash to the musicians, in appreciation of their dance music and praises being offered, which went on\u00a0for over six hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1119\" title=\"Giving thanks to the musicians\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_accepting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No question, this is a rich cultural heritage\u00a0in which to grow up.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_littlegirl2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1120\" title=\"baby_shower_littlegirl2\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baby_shower_littlegirl2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All photos by Maggie Holtzberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Baby Sira was born just over one month ago.\u00a0Her family invited friends and relatives for a celebration at their home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. 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