Milieu(X), le Winti

With Clarisse Ansoe-Tareau, specialist of the Njuka culture

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Second part in the series, featuring representatives of the Ndjuka community, with a focus on Wenti. Wenti is an Afro-Surinamese spiritual grouping that blends African and European beliefs with numerous Amerindian features (ceremonial objects, divinities, ritual flora, etc.).

About Milieu(X)

Conceived in 2021 by sound artist Thomas Tilly and ethnobotanist Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Milieu(X) is a long-term project addressing the relationship between the peoples of French Guiana and their territory.
Each instalment of the project explores the particular characteristics of a cultural group through the prism of its interdependent relationships with the various entities (places, animals, plants, spirits) that populate its environment. The exclusively sound-based pieces in the collection – which thus echoes the main mode of transmission of Amazonian knowledge – are all informed by the knowledgeable members of a community, working in collaboration with an anthropologist who has already been involved with the given community. Initially destined for French Guiana, the Milieu(X) project is conceived as a body of work with multiple finalities. Concerts and public debates, conservation of the intangible heritage, resources for younger people – each component of the series is intended as a “useful” object, situated at the crossroads of interpretations and ways of representing worlds.