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Kris Oster is a percussionist, myth scholar, pregnancy workshop facilitator, sacred event organizer and web developer. At 19 years old, Kris dreamt of a beautiful goddess rising out of the ocean, calling out to her. At the time, she was studying African-Brazilian and Cuban rhythms on percussion instruments at California State University, Northridge where she earned her BA in Music. Many years later, she realized that this goddess was Yemanja, or Iemanjá, as she is known in Brazil. In 2006, Kris spent three months in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil studying CandomblĂ©, an African-Brazilian religion originating with the slaves brought from West Africa, to complete research for her dissertation-in-progress, “ The Heartbeat of the Mother: Ritual Drumming & Revisioning Images of the Feminine in CandomblĂ©.” |
