{"id":516,"date":"2011-12-22T19:41:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T19:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/?p=516"},"modified":"2011-12-22T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T19:44:07","slug":"emmanuel-bo-durand-recognized-for-his-contribution-to-sewinal-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/emmanuel-bo-durand-recognized-for-his-contribution-to-sewinal-tradition.html","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel \u2018Bo\u2019 Durand Recognized for his Contribution to S\u00e9winal Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emmanuel \u2018Bo\u2019 Durand receiving his plaque. Photo credit: Gregory Rabess<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The following article was written by Gregory Rabess and published in Dominica Vibes<\/em>, Dec. 22, 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One the high points of the Waraka S\u00e9winal Festival held in Atkinson last weekend was the awarding of a plaque of recognition to s\u00e9winal stalwart, Emmanuel \u2018Bo\u2019 Durand. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Durand received the award at the Grand S\u00e9winal Concert held on Saturday evening December 17 for his contribution to developing and promoting the s\u00e9winal tradition. He has been involved in the s\u00e9winal tradition for over forty years. A multi-instrumentalist, Mr. Durand plays the steel pan, accordion, tanbou, gwaj and boom; typical instruments used in s\u00e9winal.<\/p>\n

The s\u00e9winal tradition runs very strong in the Durand family. His grandfather Mr. Emery Zake Durand and uncle Medland Durand and his father Rockson Durand were the leading s\u00e9winal musicians during the 1940s and 50s.<\/p>\n

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Bann Akayo featuring Emmanuel Durand on the Accordion. Photo credit: Gregory Rabess<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to Mr. Durand, he started \u2018running s\u00e9winal\u2019 from his teens. He recalls the use of steel pans in the late 50s as part of s\u00e9winal. He was a member of a steel pan group in Atkinson.<\/p>\n

The group went from house to house in Atkinson and the Kalinago Territory entertaining families and spreading the joy of Christmas. In more recent years, he concentrated on the accordion and tanbou, performing with his own group of musicians and with Bann Akayo.<\/p>\n

After receiving the plaque of recognition, Mr. Durand entertained the crowd with a guest performance on the accordion.<\/p>\n

The festival organizers, the Atkinson Village Council and the Waraka S\u00e9winal Festival Committee intend to recognize other s\u00e9winal stalwarts at future editions of the Waraka Sewinal Festival.<\/p>\n

For original post: – Da Vibes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emmanuel \u2018Bo\u2019 Durand receiving his plaque. Photo credit: Gregory Rabess The following article was written by Gregory Rabess and published in Dominica Vibes, Dec. 22, 2011. One the high points of the Waraka S\u00e9winal Festival held in Atkinson last weekend was the awarding of a plaque of recognition to s\u00e9winal stalwart, Emmanuel \u2018Bo\u2019 Durand. Mr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[65,221,220],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivals","category-music","tag-dominica","tag-gregory-rabess","tag-waraka-sewinal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4zx0X-8k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quiliby.com\/all\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}