- MamaCoAtl
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MamaCoAlt is a San Francisco based musician, performance activist, and spiritual healer. She is an ARTivist who focuses on people who have been made invisible by dominant culture, primarily women.[1][2] She is also a researcher of menstrual rituals as sacred practice, one of her main goals in her work being the transformation process of women and the recovery of the indigenous soul.[3] The name "MamaCoAlt" translates to "Mother Serpent" in Nahualtl, a branch of the Aztecan language family.
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Background
She has her M.A. in Women Spirituality from New College of California and MFA in Creative Inquiry.[4] Being of Native Mexican descent, she comes from the Shamanic traditions of Curandera.[3] She has also studied with the Ayahuasca healers of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.[3] She is a Reiki Master as well as an Absolute Balance Mastery practitioner; both practices focus on healing technique.[2]
Music
MamaCoAlt's fusion of Latin sounds, Spoken Word, and Electroacoustic genres [2] demonstrate different aspects of her background. Her music is meant to be an invitation to healing the earth and renewing human spirits.[2] Her debut album Border Crossing Diosa is meant to be a historical document of poetry, prayer, and protest.[2] Her album is available for online listening at www.reverbnation.com/mamacoatl.
Activism
MamaCoAlt has been involved in many events regarding social justice and peace as well as healing. She plays around the bay area for different benefits, events, and concerts alongside other poets and musicians in the field.[1] She has also performed public healing ceremonies called "limpias" on public streets and spaces in San Francisco, specifically where the bodies of murdered women have appeared.[3]
She is an active initiator for the UN mandated day for the elimination of violence towards women and girls, sixteen days of global events. She believes these events are an opportunity for women to express what is important to them in a culture dominated by interests only relevant to men. These events represent the effort to dismantle violence inherent to the United States culture. She sees the opportunity to call for artists to inspire people to engage in the possible transformation of the culture. In an interview with Nina Serrano of indybay.org, she explained that by celebrating this day on a global level, "...we are really breaking the cultural borders that are separating us from this humanity."[5]
She has spent much time working below United States borders for different causes, such as concerts for peace on places desecrated by femicide in Mexico's highways.[1] She has also curated ceremonies to heal the Amazonic River Mother of God along the border of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "La Peña ...Calendar". Lapena.org. 2006-11-04. http://lapena.org/event/297. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b c d e "MamaCoAtl". ReverbNation. http://www.reverbnation.com/mamacoatl. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ a b c d "MamaCoAtl". Absolute Balanced Mastery. 2010-02-23. http://www.absolutebalancedmastery.com/mamacoatl/. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ "Van-Anh Vo, Dohee Lee & MamaCoAtl “Caressing the Border”" (Press release). Flytrap Studios/Jizo Records, Kallan Nishimoto and Abdi Jibril. 2007-06-01. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Ax1jg0bpcDUJ:www.jizorecords.com/pdf/CaressingPressRelease.pdf+%22MamaCoAtl%22&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgu4GQ-PZJwkTRmzrG6zarTYcfO5HHpmUFv9mm4EyvEAGjip0D-rujP3P-a_XuaIbut2IhtNfC4EPhhxWJEVxAom6MKUjqSXBIrovOit3v5jmEJSeSZ-BNkga6mLWJZI8qbehX7&sig=AHIEtbT5BvvGgQ2xG-eiy06Nd38FjzHj-Q. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ "Interview by Nina Serrano with singer, poet and activist MamaCoAtl". Indybay. 2010-11-23. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/23/18664878.php. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
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