Drum-making workshop

Drum-making workshop

Monday, August 5 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Hwiemtun at New Horizons

$250 (includes precious materials) | Registration is limited - 30 participants maximum
You will go home with your beautiful drum. Participants will take home the 14-inch deer hide drum they made.

Master drum maker Hwiemtun has been making drums for the public for the past two decades, sharing the traditional teachings of the drum and songs. Each tribe has their own teachings with the drum and the responsibility to the songs. Hwiemtun will share what he knows and has been taught by many elders. The drums and type of hide have their own voice once you gift life to it, and the drum you create will be your gift to share. Hwiemtun’s late cousin was the master drum maker from whom he learned many teachings, and Hwiemtun looks forward to sharing these beautiful gifts with those who come to learn. Huychq’a siem Seeyeya.

Second drum-making workshop
Tuesday, August 6 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Registration for this workshop will open only when the Aug. 5 workshop is full.)

 

Indigenous Programming at the 2024 Hornby Festival

The Hornby Festival does all its Indigenous programming under the cultural direction of a Coast Salish Indigenous Elder. We are so grateful for the ongoing support, guidance, cultural education and care put into this programming by Coast Salish, Pentlatch Knowledge Keeper and member of the K’ómoks Nation, Elder Barb Whyte (Billy). Any profits made through our indigenous programming goes into the Elder Barb Fund for future cultural activities for education for change.

This year, we are excited to present Hwiemtun as our 2024 Hornby Festival Indigenous artist. Hwiemtun is from the unceded traditional territory of the Quw’utsun’ people on Vancouver Island. Born and raised in Khowutzun (the “Warm Land”) by a Coast Salish mother, Hwiemtun received many teachings of his Coast Salish culture. Through spending many years with elders of his territory, Hwiemtun learned the cultural and spiritual traditions of his ancestors.

During the last 30 years, Hwiemtun has journeyed around the world to explore and share ways of being with elders and healers of many Indigenous tribes. Hwiemtun’s connection to the spirit world, passion for story-telling, and love of sharing diverse traditions of indigenous knowledge has made it possible for him to bridge many worlds. Through sharing the gifts of oral history, music and ceremony, Hwiemtun has become an intercultural teacher and guide, nurturing transformation among many.

Hwiemtun believes that we are all related in one way or another and this helps in achieving knowledge once we learn this clearly. Hwiemtun conducts presentations, workshops and ceremonies on a regular basis to promote understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing.