Kabiteni

Let yourself be carried away to Bendikonde, a Surinamese village, where Georgetina, the 'kabiteni' (captain) is at the helm. Her singing and stories, together with the energetic hip-hop and Surinamese Awasa dance of the four other distinctive performers, form the heartbeat of KABITENI. They take you along in the story of the village in a decor of visuals, recorded in the interior of Suriname. The performance is surrounded by eclectic, warm and rousing compositions, inspired by hip-hop, Awasa rhythms and life on the river.

This way you imagine yourself as a real 'Kabiteni' and you feel the challenges that the tough Georgetina faces. She has to balance between tradition and innovation, between how it always was and now. In doing so, she safeguards the future of her community, which once resisted slavery. The performance translates this resistance and this strength into the vibrant hip-hop culture of today.