CULTURA feat. Poranguí, Snow Raven, Mapu Huni Kuin & Acosia Red Elk
Schedule
Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Crystal Ballroom | Portland, OR
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🌎✨ An evening rooted in lineage, culture, and living tradition comes to Portland with Cultura – A World Music Showcase and Fundraiser.Reciprocity Music, Beloved & Soul’d Out present a special edition of Cultura, a world-music showcase and fundraising series honoring artists whose work carries ancestral memory into contemporary sound. This gathering centers Indigenous artists from distinct homelands, affirming the enduring presence, brilliance, and vibrancy of Indigenous culture. The evening will also feature a silent auction benefiting an artist-selected initiative (TBA), creating a space where music, movement, and reciprocity directly support cultural continuity.
Poranguí
Raised between Brazil, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States, Poranguí is a globally celebrated multi-instrumentalist and live looper weaving Indigenous and Afro-diasporic musical lineages. Layer by layer, he builds immersive sonic journeys that invite presence, movement, and awe. His previous Portland appearance drew a packed house—this return to the Crystal Ballroom promises something truly expansive.
Snow Raven
From the Sakha Republic of Arctic Siberia, Snow Raven (Suor) channels the breath of reindeer, arctic winds, and birds into layered vocal textures she calls Arctic Beatbox. Blending ancient shamanic traditions with contemporary electronic elements, her performances create an ethereal bridge between ancestral sound and modern sonic landscapes. Her last Portland show sold out—don’t wait on this one.
Mapu Huni Kuin
Mapu Huni Kuin is a globally recognized Indigenous leader and musician from the Brazilian Amazon. A celebrated voice on the Grammy-nominated album The Future is Ancestral, Mapu blends ancestral wisdom with contemporary music to spread his message of Alegria—joy, connection, and healing. Through his music, leadership, and immersive experiences at his cultural center, Huwa Karu Yuxibu in Acre, Brazil, Mapu is building a global movement to preserve the Amazon and elevate Indigenous knowledge as a guiding force for humanity’s future.
Acosia Red Elk
Umatilla tribal member Acosia Red Elk will offer a keynote address. A 10-time World Champion Jingle Dress dancer and internationally renowned performing artist, she is the creator of Powwow/Yoga, an Indigenous wellness practice uniting Tribal Dance and Yoga. Through her 7 Generation Approach, Acosia calls us into sustainable mindfulness and collective responsibility for what is sacred.
📍 Crystal Ballroom
🚪 Doors 6:00pm
🎶 Show 7:30pm
👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome
Tickets are on sale now:
etix.com/ticket/p/38385801
Join us for a night that uplifts culture, honors lineage, and gathers community in celebration and reciprocity.
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Where is it happening?
Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209-2612, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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