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When Melba "Mama Hazze" Gilkey saw a group of youngsters sitting cross-legged, "rappin'" in the parking lot of the Pacoima Youth and Family Center, she didn't see trouble. Instead, she saw "pow wow", a term used by Native Americans meaning "to gather" or "come together". "When I saw them it just reminded me of the pow wow, a peaceful environment and gathering and enjoying each other," remembered Gilkey buy wow gold . Thus the Hip Hop Pow Wow was born, now in its sixth year that blends cultures and rhythms with a purpose to bring people together in peace and unity. The event will take place Saturday at the Onion, "the closest thing to a teepee" in the Valley, said Gilkey. The Onion, a round-shaped building located at 9550 Haskell Ave. in North Hills is part of the Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, a group known for welcoming people from all beliefs and faiths.

The event will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. The Pow Wow is an interactive event where people are encouraged to participate jumping together, playing drums or any other instrument they might like. There are B-boys and B-girls, Aztec and Korean Dancers, and one can see native American dancers in full regalia dancing to the beat of hip hop. "We're showing respect and honor for other cultures and educating through performance," said Gilkey, who describes the festival atmos wow time card phere of the free event as "blending cultures." "This is the only event I've been to where vendors get up and join hands, you get involved, it's interactive," she said. The event is sponsored by the Hazze Hip Ho buy wow gold p Culture Dream Center, a non profit agency based in the city of San Fernando that was created by Carl Gilkey "DJ Hazze", previously known as "DJ Hamburger Helper" and lead voice for the Techno Group "The Movement". Originally, the Hip Hop P wow gold ow Wow was done as an end of the year event where members of the Dream Center gathered to celebrate the organization going into the next year.

But since then they have opened it to the public, because at the end said Gilkey, the occasion is a way to "open people's wow gold minds" and educating people about wow s3 arena power leveling service each other's culture. "Indians will speak about the significance of the steps in their dance, Koreans will talk about the meaning of the instruments they're using and what they mean in their culture," she noted. The event also provides a showcase for art, "because nobody sees relevance to this a lot of times," said Gilkey. WoW Gold

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