[drums and singing] [applause] [drums and singing] [applause] put those hands together for the west african dancers and drummers what a way to kickoff the celebration. Now time for our libation. [drums playing] the libation is our connection to the past and our roadmap to a better future. The purpose of libation is to remember and honor those who walked and worked before us and thus paved the path we now walk. We pour in the direction of the four winds, north, south, east and west. For africa and mother land and those known and unknown who defended our land in history. For ancestors who struggled for our freedom and those who defied to [indiscernible] develop our interest as a people. We pour. For our elders who helped to give us wisdom, strength for fathers and mothers who please call out the name of your loved ones who have now rest in the valley of the departed. We pour. For the youth who represent the future of tomorrow, we pour. For men and women in the human rights struggle, we p
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