The colibrí or hummingbird has many, many legends and a very, very deep connection to the Mesoamerican community.
Presenter The KEPW program Underground Echo, broadcast every Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., recently spoke with Ballet Folklórico Colibrí. Here’s Echo:
Echo I’m here with Dania (Covarrubias-Sollo) and her mother, Mary (Sollo), and today, we are honored to get to interview and welcome Ballet Folklórico Colibrí, an organization that doesn’t just teach dance but restores memory, dignity, and cultural power to the youth of Eugene, Oregon. What would you say to community members who want to keep traditional arts alive in Eugene?
Mary Sollo Well, I think art starts with the family inside the house, so I’ll tell them, ‘Share your culture, share your food, your music, your language.’ Because I see life as art. So if you share everything in your family, in your house, it will build up all the artistry that your child has inside them…