<p dir="ltr">A roundtable / panel talk exploring music, rhythm, ritual, and dance through embodied practices, sacred ceremonies, and cultural traditions. Featuring interdisciplinary artist and Guewel (hereditary cultural role) from Senegal, Lamine Sonko, Japanese shamisen virtuoso Noriko Tadano, award-winning British-born Jamaican dance artist Kialea-Nadine Williams, and Japanese dance artist Julie Ann Minaai, this conversation delves into cultural and embodied knowledges from both traditional and diasporic perspectives—honouring ancestral practices, returning to cultural roots, reimagining ceremony, and weaving diasporic experiences.</p>